Table 1 Characteristics of survey participants on COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Lebanon, November through December 2020 (N = 579)
From: Attitudes of Lebanese adults regarding COVID-19 vaccination
Variable | N (%) |
|---|---|
Gender | |
Male | 138 (23.8%) |
Female | 441 (76.2%) |
Marital status | |
Single/ widowed/ divorced | 446 (77.0%) |
Married | 133 (23.0%) |
Education | |
Complementary or less | 35 (6.0%) |
Secondary | 84 (14.5%) |
University | 460 (79.4%) |
Living with a person at risk (pregnant, cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease, patients with cancer, immunocompromised) | |
No | 204 (35.2%) |
Yes | 375 (64.8%) |
Being a person at risk (pregnant, cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease, patients with cancer, immunocompromised) | |
No | 401 (69.3%) |
Yes | 178 (30.7%) |
Willingness to do the COVID-19 vaccine | |
Strongly disagree/ Disagree | 237 (40.9%) |
Neutral | 218 (37.7%) |
Agree/ Strongly agree | 124 (21.4%) |
Mean ± SD | |
Age (in years) | 24.94 ± 9.45 |
Household crowding index | 1.10 ± 0.45 |
Vaccine hesitancy | 32.01 ± 6.48 |
Knowledge | 19.18 ± 5.70 |
Attitude | 13.14 ± 3.59 |
Practice | 7.78 ± 3.35 |
Fear of COVID-19 | 17.02 ± 5.62 |