COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance, Attitude, Hesitancy, and Its Associated Factors among Wolaita Sodo University Students: A Mixed-Method Study

Table 2

Participants’ experience of COVID-19, Wolaita Sodo University, 2021 (n = 352).

Variables	Categories	Frequency	Percent (%)
Source of information about the COVID-19 virus and vaccine	Social media	177	50.3
	Mass media (TV, radio)	146	41.5
	Health professional	25	7.1
	Friends	4	1.1
Encouragement by a health care provider to take COVID-19 vaccine	Yes	198	56.3
	No	154	43.8
Have adequate information about COVID-19 vaccine	Yes	200	56.8
	No	152	43.2
Suffering from chronic illness	Yes	55	15.6
	No	297	84.4
Usage of COVID-19 preventive measures	Yes	232	65.9
	No	120	34.1
Family member infected with COVID-19	Yes	45	12.8
	No	307	87.2
Have you been infected with COVID-19?	Yes	22	6.3
	No	330	93.8
Have you been vaccinated for COVID-19?	Yes	50	14.2
	No	302	85.8
Family members vaccinated for COVID-19	Yes	90	25.6
	No	262	74.4
Level of concern of infecting others with COVID-19	Strongly concerned	198	56.3
	Neutral	114	32.4
	Not concerned	40	11.4
Need of vaccine with the level of concern	Yes	243	69.0
	No	109	31.0
Do you oppose vaccination?	Yes	38	10.8
	No	314	89.2
Likelihood of being vaccinated against COVID-19	Highly likely	138	39.2
	Less likely	214	60.8