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
 20–2977 (32.9)49 (63.6%)28 (36.4%)0.265
 30–39131 (56.0)81 (61.8%)50 (38.2%)
 40 and above26 (11.1)12 (11.5%)92 (88.5%)

Sex
 Male86 (36.8)43 (50.0%)43 (50.0%)0.011
 Female148 (63.2)99 (66.9%)49 (33.1%)

Religion
 Christians216 (92.3)129 (59.7%)87 (40.3%)0.297
 Non-Christians18 (7.7)13 (72.2%)5 (27.8%)

Educational level
 Certificate33 (14.1)20 (60.6%)13 (39.4%)0.054
 Diploma67 (28.6)45 (67.2%)22 (32.8%)
 First degree86 (36.8)56 (65.1%)30 (34.9%)
 Postgraduate48 (20.5)21 (43.8%)27 (56.2%)

Category of health care workers
 Nurse and midwife151 (64.5)98 (64.9%)53 (35.1%)0.039
 Allied health workers55 (23.5)33 (60.0%)22 (40.0%)
 Medical doctors28 (12.0)11 (39.3%)17 (60.7%)

Marital status
 Never married101 (43.2)70 (69.3%)31 (30.7%)0.019
 Married133 (56.8)72 (54.1%)61 (45.9%)

Place of residence
 Urban179 (76.5)104 (58.1%)75 (41.9%)0.144
 Rural55 (23.5)38 (69.1%)17 (30.9%)

Received any vaccination apart from childhood immunisation
 Yes185 (79.1)112 (60.5%)73 (39.5%)0.931
 No49 (20.9)30 (61.2%)19 (38.8%)

Any chronic illness
 Yes22 (9.4)11 (50.0%)11 (50.0%)0.281
 No212 (90.6)131 (61.8%)81 (38.2%)

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