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Table 1 The acceptance rate among studied participants relative to their background variables

From: COVID-19 vaccine acceptance: knowledge and beliefs

Variable

Total participants (N = 281)

Participants with moderately-high acceptability (N = 196)

Participants with low-very low acceptability (N = 85)

p value [OR (CI)]

Age in years (mean ± SD)

34.4 ± 9.7

35.1 ± 10.0

32.9 ± 8.8

0.060*

Female gender (%)

131 (46.6)

83 (42.3)

48 (56.5)

0.029 [OR 1.766 (1.056–2.952)]

Level of education

Less than high school (%)

15 (5.3)

13 (6.6)

2 (2.4)

0.142**

High school (%)

42( 14.9)

(34) 17.4

8 (9.4)

0.086

Undergraduate (%)

190 (67.6)

125 (63.8)

65 (76.5)

0.036 [OR 1.846 (1.034–3.296)]

Postgraduate (%)

34 (12.1)

24 (12.2)

10 (11.8)

0.909

Job-status

    

Non-employed (%)

105 (37.4)

54 (27.6)

51 (60.0)

0.001 [OR = 3.944,(2.310–6.737)]

Employed (%)

168 (59.8)

135 (68.9)

33 (38.8)

0.001

Self-employed (%)

8 (2.8)

7 (3.6)

1 (1.2)

0.267***

  1. *Welch’s T-test, **Chi-square test, ***Fisher exact test