Table 1 Background and trust in COVID-19 vaccine among first phase COVID-19 vaccination target population in Ghana, 2021

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