Table 3 Factors associated with willingness to pay for COVID-19 vaccine among school teachers in Gondar City, Northwest, Ethiopia (n = 301)

Sex

 Male

103 (57.9)

75 (42.1)

1.76 (1.10, 2.87)

0.024

3.23 (1.70, 6.14) **

 Female

87 (70.7)

36 (29.3)

1

1

Age

 < 40

95 (63.3)

55 (36.7)

1

 ≥ 40

95 (62.9)

56 (37.1)

1.02 (0.64, 1.62)

0.94

Educational status

 Diploma

32 (53.3)

28(46.7)

1

1

 BSc/BA degree

121 (66.1)

62 (33.9)

0.59 (0.32, 1.06)

0.08

0.68 (0.31, 1.51)

 Master’s degree

37 (63.8)

21 (36.2)

0.65 (0.31, 1.35)

0.25

0.64 (0.21, 1.95)

Religion

 Christian

165 (62.0)

101 (38.0)

1

 Islam

21 (67.7)

10 (32.3)

0.78 (0.35, 1.71)

0.54

School type

 Private

51 (46.4)

59 (53.6)

3.09 (1.89, 5.06)

0.00

3.27 (1.76, 6.10)**

 Government

139 (72.8)

52 (27.2)

1

1

Media exposure

 No

17 (77.3)

5 (22.7)

1

1

 Yes

173 (62.0)

106 (38.0)

2.08 (0.75, 5.81)

0.16

2.93 (0.89, 9.63)

Family size

 4 or below

108 (66.3)

55 (33.7)

 > 4

82 (59.4)

56 (40.6)

1.34 (0.84, 2.14)

0.22

Monthly income (ETB)

 < 5500

38 (50.7)

37 (49.3)

1.48 (0.77, 2.83)

0.24

1.42 (0.54, 3.70)

 5500-6900

49 (62.8)

29 (37.2)

0.89 (0 .47, 1.73)

0.75

0.93 (0.37, 2.31)

 6901-7834

59 (78.7)

16 (21.3)

0.41 (0.20, 0.84)

0.02

0.56 (0. 22, 1.43)

 > 7834

44 (60.3)

29 (39.7)

1

1

Had known chronic illness

 Yes

34 (59.7)

23 (40.3)

1.20 (0.66, 2.16)

0.55

 No

156 (63.9)

88 (36.1)

1

Knew someone infected with COVID

 Yes

25 (53.2)

22 (46.8)

1.63 (0.87, 3.10)

0.13

1.44 (0.68, 3.0)

 No

165 (65.0)

89 (35.0)

1

1

Self-rated health

 Healthy

160 (62.5)

96 (37.5)

1.20 (0.61, 2.34)

0.59

 Not healthy

30 (66.7)

15 (33.3)

1

Perceived susceptibility

 High

103 (56.9)

78 (43.1)

2.0 (1.21, 3.28)

0.006

2.69 (1.38, 5.24)*

 Low

87 (72.5)

33 (27.5)

1

1

Perceived seriousness

 High

125 (57.9)

91 (42.1)

2.36 (1.34, 4.18)

0.003

4.04 (1.80, 9.1) **

 Low

65 (76.5)

20 (23.5)

1

1

Perceived benefit

 High

115 (55.0)

94 (45.0)

3.60 (2.0, 6.52)

0.00

3.0 (1.41, 6.34) **

 Low

75 (81.5)

17 (18.5)

1

1

Perceived barrier

 High

124 (62.0)

76 (38.0)

1.15 (0.70, 1.91)

0.57

 Low

66 (65.4)

35 (34.6)

1

Knowledge of COVID-19

 Poor

77 (67.0)

38 (33.0)

1

 Moderate

50 (58.1)

36 (41.9)

1.46 (0.82, 2.60)

0.19

1.23 (0.59, 2.57)

 Good

63 (63.0)

37 (37.0)

1.19 (0.68, 2.09)

0.54

0.94 (0.46, 1.90)

COVID-19 preventive practice

 Poor

85 (61.6)

53 (38.4)

1

 Moderate

64 (68.8)

29 (31.1)

0.72 (0.42, 1.30)

0.27

 Good

41 (58.6)

29 (41.4)

1.13 (0.63, 2.03)

0.67