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Table 2 Bivariate analysis on socio-demographics and willingness to pay for COVID-19 vaccine

From: Financing COVID-19 vaccination in sub-Saharan Africa: lessons from a nation-wide willingness to pay (WTP) survey in Ghana

Characteristics

Statistics

p-value

 

WTP Decision

 
 

No

Yes

Total

 

Sex

Freq. (%)

Freq. (%)

Freq. (%)

 

  Male

183 (26.26)

194 (27.83)

377 (54.09)

0.055**

  Female

135 (19.37)

185 (26.54)

320 (45.91)

 

Total

318 (46.62)

379 (54.38)

697 (100.00)

 

Age range

  18–23

46 (7.03)

56 (8.56)

102 (15.60)

0.933*

  24–29

68 (10.40)

93 (14.22)

161 (24.62)

 

  30–35

99 (15.14)

112 (17.13)

211 (32.26)

 

  36–41

47 (7.19)

53 (8.10)

100 (15.29)

 

  42–47

18 (2.75)

19 (2.91)

37 (5.66)

 

  48 and above

18 (2.75)

25 (3.82)

43 (6.57)

 

Total

296 (45.26)

358 (54.74)

654 (100.00)

 

Education

  No formal education

52 (7.51)

53 (7.66)

105 (15.17)

0.504*

  Primary

13 (1.88)

9 (1.30)

22 (3.18)

 

  Middle/JSS/JHS

7 (1.01)

13 (1.88)

20 (2.89)

 

  Secondary (SSS/SHS)

31 (4.48)

39 (5.64)

70 (10.12)

 

  Tertiary

212 (30.64)

263 (38.01)

475 (68.64)

 

Total

315 (45.52)

377 (54.48)

692 (100.00)

 

Occupation

  Artisan

16 (2.35)

14 (2.06)

30 (4.41)

0.398*

  Farmer

27 (3.96)

23 (3.38)

50 (7.34)

 

  Teacher

56 (8.22)

82 (12.04)

138 (20.26)

 

  Health worker

85 (12.48)

87 (12.78)

172 (25.26)

 

  Trader

50 (7.34)

61 (8.96)

111 (16.30)

 

  Other (please specify)

77 (11.31)

103 (15.12)

180 (26.30)

 

Total

311 (45.67)

370 (54.33)

681 (100.00)

 

Marital status

  Divorced

5 (0.75)

11 (1.65)

16 (2.41)

0.490*

  Living together

14 (2.11)

15 (2.26)

29 (4.36)

 

  Married

146 (21.95)

150 (22.56)

296 (44.51)

 

  Never married

134 (20.15)

172 (25.86)

306 (46.02)

 

  Separated

4 (0.60)

8 (1.20)

12 (1.80)

 

  Widowed

2 (0.30)

4 (0.60)

6 (0.90)

 

Total

305 (45.86)

360 (54.14)

665 (100.00)

 

Religion

  Christian

291 (41.81)

338 (48.56)

629 (90.37)

0.228*

  Moslem

18 (2.59)

36 (5.17)

54 (7.76)

 

  Traditionalist

5 (0.72)

4 (0.57)

9 (1.29)

 

  Other (specify)

1 (0.14)

3 (0.43)

4 (0.57)

 

Total

315 (45.26)

381 (54.74)

696 (100.00)

 
  1. Source: Field Survey, 2020
  2. *Fisher’s Exact test at 95% significance level
  3. **1-sided Fisher’s Exact test 95% significance level