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Table 4 Adjusted relative risk (ARR) for factors associated with vaccine hesitancy among SSA residents living in (Locals) and outside of Africa (Diaspora). The base reference was COVID-19 vaccine uptake for all variables

From: Acceptance of COVID-19 vaccine among sub-Saharan Africans (SSA): a comparative study of residents and diasporan dwellers

Variable

Local

Diaspora

Resistant

Hesitant

Resistant

Hesitant

ARR (95%CI)

ARR (95%CI)

ARR (95%CI)

ARR (95% CI)

18 – 28 years

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

29 – 38 years

1.32 (0.94—1.85)

1.89 (1.26—2.84)

1.35 (0.18 – 10.07)

2.6 (0.30 – 23.17)

39 – 48 years

1.28 (0.867—1.89)

1.29 (0.80—2.07)

0.21 (0.04 – 1.17)

0.29 (0.04 – 2.08)

49 + years

1.39 (0.86—2.23)

1.74 (1.00—3.05)

0.17 (0.03 – 0.95)

0.15 (0.02 – 1.16)

West Africa

1.00

1.00

-

-

East Africa

3.33 (1.40—7.94)

4.64 (1.84—11.70)

-

-

Central Africa

0.46 (0.32—0.68)

0.44 (0.27—0.72)

-

-

Southern Africa

1.32 (0.94—1.84)

1.39 (0.94—2.06)

-

-

Master’s & above

1.00

1.00

-

-

Bachelor’s degree

0.54 (0.38—0.76)

0.60 (0.40—0.90)

-

-

Secondary/ high School

0.52 (0.31—0.87)

0.56 (0.31—1.02)

-

-

Primary & Less

0.15 (0.07—0.32)

0.05 (0.01—0.24)

-

-

Non-health care

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

Health care

0.24 (0.18—0.32)

0.19 (0.13—0.27)

0.25 (0.10—0.62)

0.46 (0.16—1.35)

Christians

1.00

1.00

-

-

Others

0.96 (0.64—1.46)

0.50 (0.29—0.86)

-

-

Vaccinated for any condition

0.45 (0.30—0.69)

0.48 (0.29—0.77)

-

-

Knowledge

1.02 (1.00 – 1.05)

1.07 (1.04 – 1.11)

0.82 (0.73 – 0.91)

0.88 (0.77 – 0.99)

Perception

0.86 (0.82 – 0.90)

0.85 (0.80 – 0.90)

-

-

  1. If 95% confidence intervals (CI) around RRs that lies between 1.00 indicate not statistically significant. All comparisons were made against vaccinated pregnant women (RR = 1.0)