Demographic factors associated with acceptance, hesitancy, and refusal of COVID-19 vaccine among residents of Sukkur during lockdown: A cross sectional study from Pakistan

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Table 1. Basic demographic characteristics of study participants

Factor	Frequency (%)
Age
≤30 years	356 (74.3%)
>30 years	123 (25.7%)
Gender
Female	264 (55.1%)
Male	215 (44.9%)
Marital status
Single	332 (69.3%)
Married	147 (30.7%)
Education
≤12 (secondary)	95 (19.8%)
≤16 (undergraduate)	262 (54.7%)
>16 (postgraduate)	122 (25.5%)
Living area
Urban	206 (57%)
Rural	273 (43%)
Financial status
Low Socioeconomic Status LSES (≤50,000 PKR)	38 (7.9%)
Middle Socioeconomic Status MSES (≤150,000 PKR)	415 (86.6%)
Upper Socioeconomic Status USES (>150,000 PKR)	26 (5.4%)

Table 2. Association of factors associated with willingness to accept vaccine against COVID19

Factor	Overall n = 479% 100	COVID19 vaccine acceptance group n = 194 (40.5%)	COVID19 vaccine hesitant group n = 139 (29%)	COVID19 vaccine refusal group n = 146 (30.5%)	Chi-square	p value
Age ≤30 years >30 years	356 (100%) 123 (100%)	157 (44.1%) 37 (30.1%)	97 (27.2%) 42 (34.1%)	102 (28.7%) 44 (35.8%)	7.45	.02
Gender Male Female	215 (100%) 264 (100%)	98 (45.6%) 96 (36.4%)	65 (30.2) 74 (28.0%)	52 (24.2%) 94 (35.6)	7.45	.02
Marital status Married Unmarried	147 (100%) 332 (100%)	54 (36.7%) 140 (42.2%)	50 (34%) 89 (26.8%)	43 (29.3%) 103 (31%)	2.67	.2
Education in years ≤12 ≤16 >16	95 (100%) 262 (100%) 122 (100%)	20 (21.1%) 116 (44.3%) 58 (47.5%)	26 (27.4%) 78 (29.8%) 35 (28.7%)	49 (51.6%) 68 (26%) 29 (23.6%)	28.68	<.0001
Living area Rural Urban	260 (100%) 273 (100%)	77 (37.4%) 117 (42.9%)	57 (27.7%) 82 (30%)	72 (35%) 74 (27.1%)	3.46	.17
Financial status LSES (≤50,000 PKR) MSES (≤150,000 PKR) USES (>150,000 PKR)	38 (100%) 415 (100%) 26 (100%)	8 (21.1%) 175 (42.2%) 11 (42.3%)	15 (39.5%) 118 (28.4%) 8 (23.1%)	15 (39.5%) 112 (29.4%) 9 (34.6%)	6.93	.13