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Table 1 Sociodemographic data of study participants according to their intention to receive COVID-19 vaccination (n = 1071)

From: Acceptance and hesitancy to receive COVID-19 vaccine among university students in Egypt: a nationwide survey

Variables

Mean ± SD or n (%)

Total

(n = 1071)

VA group

(n = 739)

VH group

(n = 223)

VR group

(n = 109)

p

Age (years)

20.51 ± 1.66

20.52 ± 1.78

20.51 ± 1.30

20.44 ± 1.56

0.891

Sex

     

 Females

730 (68.2)

495 (67)

164 (73.5)

71 (65.1)

0.142

 Males

341 (31.8)

244 (33)

59 (26.5)

38 (34.9)

 

Marital status

     

 Single

1055 (98.5)

728 (98.5)

220 (98.7)

107 (98.2)

0.942

 Married

16 (1.5)

11 (1.5)

3 (1.3)

2 (1.8)

 

University

     

 Upper Egypt

97 (9.1)

62 (8.4)

19 (8.5)

16 (14.7)

0.098

 Lower Egypt

974 (90.9)

677 (91.6)

204 (91.5)

93 (85.3)

 

College

     

 Non-medical

171 (16)

106 (14.3)

34 (15.2)

31 (28.4)

0.001*

 Medical

900 (84)

633 (85.7)

189 (84.8)

78 (71.6)

 

Academic year

     

 First

182 (17.0)

115 (15.6)

38 (17.0)

29 (26.6)

0.21

 Second and third

574 (53.6)

408 (55.2)

116 (52.0)

50 (45.9)

 

 Fourth and more

315 (29.4)

216 (29.2)

69 (30.9)

30 (27.5)

 

Residence

     

 Rural

528 (49.3)

362 (49.0)

114 (51.1)

52 (47.7)

0.804

 Urban

543 (50.7)

377 (51.0)

109 (48.9)

57 (52.3)

 

Active lifestyle

529 (49.4)

382 (51.7)

89 (39.9)

58 (53.2)

0.006*

Smoking habit

     

 Nonsmoker

1038 (96.9)

719 (97.3)

216 (96.6)

103 (94.5)

0.287

 Former smoker

11 (1.0)

7 (0.9)

2 (0.9)

2 (1.8)

 

 Current smoker

22 (2.1)

13 (1.8)

5 (2.2)

4 (3.7)

 

Family income

     

 Not enough

100 (9.3)

59 (8.0)

29 (13.0)

12 (11.0)

0.087

 Enough but no saving

486 (45.4)

330 (44.7)

101 (45.3)

55 (50.5)

 

 Enough and saving

485 (45.3)

350 (47.4)

93 (41.7)

42 (38.5)

 

History of chronic illness

126 (11.8)

90 (12.2)

17 (7.6)

19 (17.4)

0.028*

History of COVID-19 infection

(28.1) )301)

197 (26.7)

68 (30.5)

36 (33)

0.259

COVID-19 among acquaintances

766 (71.5)

533 (72.1)

164 (73.5)

69 (63.3)

0.123

COVID-19 related hospitalization among acquaintances

486 (45.4)

346 (46.8)

104 (46.6)

36 (33)

0.024*

COVID-19 related death among acquaintances

345 (32.2)

241 (32.6)

79 (35.4)

25 (22.9)

0.067

  1. VA: vaccine acceptant; VH: vaccine hesitant; VR: vaccine resistant
  2. *p value < 0.05