Table 1 Background and trust in COVID-19 vaccine among first phase COVID-19 vaccination target population in Ghana, 2021
From: Trust and willingness towards COVID-19 vaccine uptake: a mixed-method study in Ghana, 2021
| Extent of trust in COVID-19 vaccine | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respondent characteristics | No trust | Moderate trust | Very much | Total |
| Age (χ2 = 41.24; p < 0.000) | ||||
| < 20–29 | 20.2 | 62.8 | 17.1 | 129 |
| 30–39 | 13 | 50.7 | 36.2 | 138 |
| 30–34 | 16.4 | 52.7 | 30.9 | 55 |
| 50–59 | 2.5 | 40 | 57.5 | 40 |
| 60+ | 11.3 | 32.1 | 56.6 | 53 |
| Sex (χ2 = 2.37; p < 0.304) | ||||
| Female | 11.7 | 52 | 36.2 | 196 |
| Male | 16.9 | 50.7 | 32.4 | 219 |
| Level of education (χ2 = 12.90; p < 0.045) | ||||
| No formal edu | 14.3 | 28.6 | 57.1 | 7 |
| Basic Education | 30 | 26.7 | 43.3 | 30 |
| Sec/Voc | 16.4 | 53.4 | 30.1 | 73 |
| Higher/Tertiary | 12.5 | 53.8 | 33.8 | 305 |
| Sector of employment (χ2 = 14.75; p < 0.005) | ||||
| Informal Worker | 28.4 | 40.5 | 31.1 | 74 |
| Formal Worker | 11.4 | 54.1 | 34.5 | 316 |
| Unemployed/Student | 12 | 48 | 40 | 25 |
| Vaccine deployment group of respondents (χ2 = 34.47; p < 0.001) | ||||
| 60 years & above | 20 | 70 | 10 | 20 |
| Essential worker | 20.3 | 46.9 | 32.8 | 177 |
| Frontline executive/security personnel | 9.4 | 71.9 | 18.8 | 32 |
| Health workers | 4.2 | 50.4 | 45.4 | 119 |
| People with underlying conditons | 12.5 | 37.5 | 50 | 8 |
| Religious leader | 42.9 | 42.9 | 14.3 | 7 |
| Teacher | 15.4 | 51.9 | 32.7 | 52 |
| Total | 14.5 | 51.3 | 34.2 | 415 |