Association between sociodemographic characteristics and willingness to accept malaria vaccine
Domains | Willingness to accept malaria vaccine | ||||
Willing (n=366) | Unwilling (n=10) | Total | χ2 | P value | |
Freq (%) | Freq (%) | (n=376) | |||
Age (years) | |||||
15–19 | 5 (1.4) | – | 5 | 34.353 | 0.002 |
20–24 | 62 (16.9) | – | 62 | ||
25–29 | 137 (37.4) | 3 (30.0) | 140 | ||
30–34 | 117 (32.0) | 3 (30.0) | 120 | ||
35–39 | 29 (7.9) | 3 (30.0) | 32 | ||
40–44 | 13 (3.6) | – | 13 | ||
45–49 | 3 (0.8) | 1 (10.0) | 4 | ||
Marital status | |||||
Married | 357 (97.4) | 9 (90.0) | 366 | 11.151 | 0.025 |
Single | 2 (0.6) | – | 2 | ||
Divorced | 3 (0.8) | – | 3 | ||
Separated | 2 (0.6) | 1 (10.0) | 3 | ||
Widowed | 2 (0.6) | – | 2 | ||
Educational level | |||||
None | 2 (0.6) | 1 (10.0) | 3 | 12.190 | 0.015 |
Primary | 17 (4.6) | – | 17 | ||
Quranic | 26 (7.1) | – | 26 | ||
Secondary | 124 (33.9) | 3 (30.0) | 127 | ||
Tertiary | 197 (53.8) | 6 (60.0) | 203 | ||
Occupation | |||||
Unemployed | 38 (10.4) | 1 (10.0) | 39 | 1.841 | 0.997 |
Business/trading | 180 (49.2) | 5 (50.0) | 185 | ||
Civil servants | 82 (22.3) | 2 (20.0) | 84 | ||
Artisan | 58 (15.8) | 2 (20.0) | 60 | ||
Farming | 8 (2.2) | – | 8 | ||
Monthly income | |||||
<₦30 000 (US$18) | 221 (60.2) | 6 (66.7) | 227 | 155.472 | 0.022 |
>₦30 000 (US$18) | 146 (39.8) | 3 (33.3) | 149 | ||
Perception (vaccine) | |||||
Positive | 215 (58.7) | 2 (20.0) | 217 | 5.987 | 0.014 |
Negative | 151 (41.3) | 8 (80.0) | 159 |
P value, Probability value; χ2, Chi-square.