Table 1 Sociodemographic and health background characteristics of participants from northern Uganda
From: Trusted sources of information on COVID-19 vaccine in Uganda
Sociodemographic characteristics | n (%) | |
|---|---|---|
Sex | Female | 252(42.9%) |
Male | 335(57.1%) | |
Age in years | < 25 | 150(26.2%) |
25–34 | 180(31.4%) | |
35–44 | 157(27.4%) | |
> 44 | 86(15.0%) | |
Marital status | Married/cohabiting | 341(58.9%) |
Unmarried/others | 238(41.1%) | |
Religion | Catholic | 312(53.2%) |
Protestant | 245(41.7%) | |
Others | 30(5.1%) | |
Tribe | Acholi | 425(72.9%) |
Lango | 41(7.0%) | |
Others | 117(20.1%) | |
Districts | Gulu-Omoro | 220(37.5%) |
Kitgum-Lamwo | 133(22.7%) | |
Amuru-Nwoya | 92(15.7%) | |
Agago-Pader | 86(14.7%) | |
Others | 56(9.5%) | |
Levels of formal education | Tertiary | 261(44.5%) |
Secondary | 225(38.3%) | |
Primary | 64(10.9%) | |
None | 37(6.3%) | |
Occupations | Health professional | 136(23.2%) |
Agriculture/self-employed | 115(19.6%) | |
Employed/retired | 82(14.0%) | |
Student/unemployed | 105(17.9%) | |
Others | 149(25.4%) | |
Nationality | Ugandan | 581(99.0%) |
non-Ugandan | 6(1.0%) | |
Race | African | 586(99.8%) |
Caucasian | 1(0.2%) | |
Health background information | ||
Alcohol use | No | 401(69.0%) |
Yes | 180(31.0%) | |
Smoking status | No | 545(94.1%) |
Yes | 34(5.9%) | |
Diabetes Mellitus | No | 571(97.3%) |
Yes | 16(2.7%) | |
Heart diseases | No | 571(97.3%) |
Yes | 16(2.7%) | |
Obesity | No | 578(98.5%) |
Yes | 9(1.5%) | |
Hypertension | No | 559(95.2%) |
Yes | 28(4.8%) | |
Asthma | No | 572(97.4%) |
Yes | 15(2.6%) | |
HIV | No | 577(98.3%) |
Yes | 10(1.7%) | |
Other chronic diseases | No | 542(92.3%) |
Yes | 45(7.7%) | |
What are your most trusted sources of information on COVID-19 vaccines? | TVs, Radios, and Newspapers | 349(33.6%) |
Internet | 87(8.4%) | |
Social Media | 83(8.0%) | |
Healthcare practitioners | 206(19.8%) | |
The Government/MoH | 222(21.4%) | |
Family members | 56(19.8%) | |
Pharmaceutical company reports | 24(2.4%) | |
Scientific articles | 47(4.5%) | |
No trusted source of information | 21(2.0%) | |