Prevalence of COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy and Its Associated Factors among Chronic Disease Patients in a Resource Limited Setting in Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 1
Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of chronic noncommunicable disease patients in Northwest Ethiopia, 2021 (N = 422).
Variables
N
%
Age
19
5
1.2
20–29
102
24.2
30–39
68
16.1
40–49
76
18.0
50–59
71
16.8
≥60
100
23.7
Sex
Male
228
54.0
Female
194
46.0
Monthly income∗
<1500
116
27.5
1500–3500
112
26.5
≥3500
194
46.0
Marital status
Single
103
24.4
Married
287
68
Divorced
6
1.4
Widowed
22
5.2
Separated
4
0.9
Educational status
No formal education
84
19.9
Primary school education
103
24.4
Secondary school education
109
25.7
Diploma and above
126
29.8
Religion
Orthodox
316
74.9
Muslim
89
21.1
Protestant
14
3.3
Catholic
2
0.5
Other
1
0.2
Number of medications taken
One
143
33.9
Two–four
273
64.7
≥Four
6
1.4
Do you consider yourself as high risk for COVID?
Yes
97
23.3
No
325
76.7
Residency
Urban
273
64.7
Rural
149
35.3
Occupational status
Unemployed
49
11.6
Governmental jobs
99
23.5
Private jobs
138
32.7
House wife
87
20.6
Others∗∗
49
11.6
Types of disease
Diabetes mellitus
145
34.4
Hypertension
147
34.8
Heart disease
56
13.3
Kidney disease
28
6.6
Others∗∗
46
10.9
∗The monthly income currency is in Ethiopian Birr (ETB), 1USD = 48.5492 ∗∗retired, unable to work, ∗∗epilepsy, asthma, COPD.
