Table 3 Probit regression estimates of determinants of willingness to accept or uptake COVID-19 vaccine
Dependent variable: accept COVID-19 vaccine | ||
|---|---|---|
Self+ | Someone++ | |
Independent variables | AME(SE) | AME(SE) |
Sex (Ref: male) | ||
Female | − 0.05 (0.03) | − 0.06** (0.03) |
Age (Ref: 18–23) | ||
24–29 | − 0.17*** (0.05) | − 0.09* (0.05) |
30–35 | − 0.13** (0.05) | − 0.04 (0.05) |
36–41 | − 0.18*** (0.06) | − 0.07 (0.06) |
42–47 | − 0.15** (0.08) | 0.00 (0.07) |
48 + | − 0.21*** (0.08) | − 0.12 (0.08) |
Education (Ref: none) | ||
Primary | − 0.16** (0.08) | − 0.11 (0.07) |
Middle/JHS/JSS | − 0.18** (0.09) | − 0.18** (0.08) |
Secondary/SHS/SSSS | − 0.13** (0.06) | − 0.14** (0.06) |
Tertiary | − 0.07 (0.04) | − 0.07 (0.04) |
Region (Ref: Ashanti) | ||
Brong Ahafo | 0.16 (0.11) | 0.23** (0.11) |
Bono East | 0.15 (0.12) | 0.16 (0.11) |
Central | 0.20*** (0.07) | 0.27*** (0.07) |
Eastern | 0.21*** (0.07) | 0.26*** (0.07) |
Greater Accra | 0.10 (0.06) | 0.16** (0.06) |
Northern | 0.26*** (0.09) | 0.24** (0.10) |
Oti | 0.20 (0.25) | 0.20 (0.25) |
Upper East | 0.16 (0.14) | 0.19 (0.14) |
Upper West | 0.31*** (0.09) | 0.31*** (0.09) |
Volta | 0.11* (0.06) | 0.20*** (0.06) |
Western | 0.23*** (0.08) | 0.23*** (0.08) |
Western North | 0.24* (0.13) | 0.24** (0.12) |
Marital status (Ref: divorced) | ||
Living together | 0.02 (0.13) | 0.16 (0.13) |
Married | 0.03 (0.11) | 0.12 (0.11) |
Never married | 0.03 (0.11) | 0.16 (0.12) |
Separated | 0.17 (0.15) | 0.30** (0.14) |
Widowed | − 0.15 (0.16) | − 0.01 (0.17) |
Religion (Ref: Christian) | ||
Moslem | − 0.12* (0.06) | − 0.06 (0.06) |
Traditionalist/other | 0.08 (0.12) | 0.19* (0.10) |
Willingness to pay (Ref: no) | ||
Yes | 0.34*** (0.03) | 0.35*** (0.03) |
COVID-19 is caused by a virus (Ref: no) | ||
Yes | 0.13 (0.08) | 0.07 (0.08) |
Observations | 905 | 906 |