Research Article
Acceptability of COVID-19 Vaccination among Health Care Workers in Ghana
Table 1
Background characteristics of health care workers.
| | | n (%) | Acceptance of COVID-19 vaccine | | No n (%) | Yes n (%) | -value |
| | Age | | 20–29 | 77 (32.9) | 49 (63.6%) | 28 (36.4%) | 0.265 | | 30–39 | 131 (56.0) | 81 (61.8%) | 50 (38.2%) | | 40 and above | 26 (11.1) | 12 (11.5%) | 92 (88.5%) |
| | Sex | | Male | 86 (36.8) | 43 (50.0%) | 43 (50.0%) | 0.011 | | Female | 148 (63.2) | 99 (66.9%) | 49 (33.1%) |
| | Religion | | Christians | 216 (92.3) | 129 (59.7%) | 87 (40.3%) | 0.297 | | Non-Christians | 18 (7.7) | 13 (72.2%) | 5 (27.8%) |
| | Educational level | | Certificate | 33 (14.1) | 20 (60.6%) | 13 (39.4%) | 0.054 | | Diploma | 67 (28.6) | 45 (67.2%) | 22 (32.8%) | | First degree | 86 (36.8) | 56 (65.1%) | 30 (34.9%) | | Postgraduate | 48 (20.5) | 21 (43.8%) | 27 (56.2%) |
| | Category of health care workers | | Nurse and midwife | 151 (64.5) | 98 (64.9%) | 53 (35.1%) | 0.039 | | Allied health workers | 55 (23.5) | 33 (60.0%) | 22 (40.0%) | | Medical doctors | 28 (12.0) | 11 (39.3%) | 17 (60.7%) |
| | Marital status | | Never married | 101 (43.2) | 70 (69.3%) | 31 (30.7%) | 0.019 | | Married | 133 (56.8) | 72 (54.1%) | 61 (45.9%) |
| | Place of residence | | Urban | 179 (76.5) | 104 (58.1%) | 75 (41.9%) | 0.144 | | Rural | 55 (23.5) | 38 (69.1%) | 17 (30.9%) |
| | Received any vaccination apart from childhood immunisation | | Yes | 185 (79.1) | 112 (60.5%) | 73 (39.5%) | 0.931 | | No | 49 (20.9) | 30 (61.2%) | 19 (38.8%) |
| | Any chronic illness | | Yes | 22 (9.4) | 11 (50.0%) | 11 (50.0%) | 0.281 | | No | 212 (90.6) | 131 (61.8%) | 81 (38.2%) |
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