Research Article
COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance, Attitude, Hesitancy, and Its Associated Factors among Wolaita Sodo University Students: A Mixed-Method Study
Table 4
Attitude statements towards COVID-19 vaccine, Wolaita Sodo University, 2021 (n = 352).
| | Statements | Number of participants (%) | | Complete sure | Very sure | Moderate sure | Slightly sure | Not at all sure |
| | I do not get vaccinated for personal freedom of choice | 34 (9.7) | 24 (6.8) | 29 (8.2) | 91 (25.9) | 174 (49.4) |
| | I do not believe in the safety of vaccines | 25 (7.1) | 30 (8.5) | 68 (19.3) | 70 (19.9) | 159 (45.2) |
| | Do not vaccinate for religious reason | 25 (7.1) | 23 (6.5) | 47 (13.4) | 60 (17.0) | 197 (56) |
| | Worried about side effects of the vaccine | 43 (12.2) | 75 (21.3) | 118 (33.5) | 68 (19.3) | 48 (13.6) |
| | Do not need a vaccine for my risk level | 18 (5.1) | 42 (11.9) | 58 (16.5) | 87 (24.7) | 147 (41.8) |
| | Worried about allergic reaction to the vaccine | 19 (5.4) | 34 (9.7) | 65 (18.5) | 82 (23.3) | 152 (43.2) |
| | I do not trust physicians who recommend the vaccine | 24 (6.8) | 21 (6.0) | 54 (15.3) | 67 (19) | 186 (52.8) |
| | Bother me that no long-term studies have been not done on the vaccine | 88 (25) | 76 (21.6) | 82 (23.3) | 60 (17.0) | 46 (13.1) |
| | It protects me from getting COVID-19 infection | 53 (15.1) | 46 (13.1) | 95 (27.0) | 101 (28.7) | 57 (16.2) |
| | Over all attitude | Bad attitude | 116 | 33% | | | | Good attitude | 236 | 67% | | |
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