COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance and Uptake among Healthcare Workers in Trinidad and Tobago

Table 2

Chi-squared analysis of association between the respondents’ characteristics and the acceptance of the vaccine.

Characteristic	Uptake of vaccines n (%)			value
	Yes	No/I am willing	No/not willing
Gender				0.004
Male	116 (96.7)	3 (2.5)	1 (0.8)
Female	398 (85.8)	59 (12.7)	7 (1.5)
Age				0.002
18–24 years	5 (50.0)	5 (50.0)	0
25–34 years	218 (86.5)	28 (11.1)	6 (2.4)
35–44 years	190 (88.4)	23 (10.7)	2 (0.9)
45–54 years	79 (92.9)	6 (7.1)	0
55–64 years	22 (100.0)	0	0
Current employment				<0.001
Medical practitioner	262 (97.0)	8 (3.0)	0
Other	36 (92.3)	3 (7.7)	0
Registered nurse	181 (82.3)	34 (15.5)	5 (2.3)
Enrolled nursing assistant	26 (57.8)	16 (35.6)	3 (6.7)
Patient care assistant	2 (66.7)	1 (33.3)	0
Dentist	5 (100.0)	0	0
Veterinary surgeon	1 (100.0)	0	0
Dental intern	1 (100.0)	0	0
Monthly income				<0.001
<5,000	4 (66.7)	2 (33.3)	0
5,001–10,000	144 (75.4)	39 (20.4)	8 (4.2)
10,001–15,000	107 (89.2)	13 (10.8)	0
15,001–20,000	26 (92.9)	2 (7.1)	0
20,001–30,000	198 (97.5)	5 (2.5)	0
30,001–40,000	28 (96.6)	1 (3.4)	0
>40,000	7 (100.0)	0	0
Level of education				<0.001
Trade school	1 (50.0)	1 (50.0)	0
Secondary level	25 (75.8)	6 (18.2)	2 (6.1)
Bachelor’s degree	319 (84.4)	53 (14.0)	6 (1.6)
Postgraduate degree	169 (98.8)	2 (1.2)	0
Role in the vaccination process				0.003
Yes	185 (94.4)	9 (4.6)	2 (1.0)
No	329 (84.8)	53 (13.7)	6 (1.5)
Role: patient screening				0.011
Yes	113 (92.6)	7 (5.7)	2 (1.6)
No	72 (97.3)	2 (2.7)	0
Role: vaccine administration				0.018
Yes	106 (93.8)	6 (5.3)	1 (0.9)
No	79 (95.2)	3 (3.6)	1 (1.2)
Role: patient observation				0.005
Yes	124 (96.1)	5 (3.9)	0
No	61 (91.0)	4 (6.0)	2 (3.0)
Role: collating vaccine forms				0.013
Yes	67 (94.4)	4 (5.6)	0
No	118 (94.4)	5 (4.0)	2 (1.6)

The bold values indicate that p < 0.05.