Table 1 Socio-demographics of respondents on COVID-19 vaccine acceptance
From: COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and hesitancy among primary healthcare workers in Singapore
Variables | Respondents (%) | COVID-19 vaccine acceptance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Acceptance (%) (n = 501) | Hesitancy (%) (n = 27) | P value | ||
Sex | ||||
Female | 463 (87.7) | 437 (94.4) | 26 (5.6) | 0.162 |
Male | 65 (12.3) | 64 (98.5) | 1 (1.5) | |
Age group | ||||
21–25 years old | 50 (9.5) | 50 (100) | 0 (0) | 0.267 |
26–34 years old | 190 (36.0) | 178 (93.7) | 12 (6.3) | |
35–44 years old | 138 (26.1) | 131 (94.9) | 7 (5.1) | |
45–54 years old | 98 (18.6) | 91 (92.9) | 7 (7.1) | |
≥55 years old | 52 (9.8) | 51 (98.1) | 1 (1.9) | |
Ethnicity | ||||
Chinese | 378 (71.6) | 357 (94.4) | 21 (5.6) | 0.732 |
Malay | 78 (14.8) | 75 (96.2) | 3 (3.8) | |
Indian | 43 (8.1) | 42 (97.7) | 1 (2.3) | |
Others | 29 (5.5) | 27 (93.1) | 2 (6.9) | |
Profession | ||||
Nursing | 203 (38.4) | 188 (92.6) | 15 (7.4) | 0.117 |
Allied Healtha | 142 (26.9) | 137 (96.5) | 5 (3.5) | |
Administrativeb | 128 (24.2) | 121 (94.5) | 7 (5.5) | |
Medicalc | 55 (10.4) | 55 (100) | 0 (0) | |
Number of years working in healthcare | ||||
≤5 years | 176 (33.3) | 166 (94.3) | 10 (5.7) | 0.439 |
6–10 years | 136 (25.8) | 130 (95.6) | 6 (4.4) | |
11–15 years | 115 (21.8) | 111 (96.5) | 4 (3.5) | |
16–20 years | 44 (8.3) | 39 (88.6) | 5 (11.4) | |
21–25 years | 32 (6.1) | 30 (93.8) | 2 (6.3) | |
26–30 years | 13 (2.5) | 13 (100) | 0 (0) | |
≥31 years | 12 (2.3) | 12 (100) | 0 (0) | |