Table 1 Sociodemographic and health characteristics of the population of individuals who opted for COVID-19 vaccination in Liberia, by Ebola “near-miss” experience
Characteristics | Overall (n = 1120) | Ebola near missesa | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes (n = 69) | No (n = 1021) | p-value | ||
Age | ||||
Median age (IQR) | 39 (32–48) | 38 (34–48) | 40 (32–48) | 0.618 |
Sex | ||||
Male | 662/1120 (59.1) | 45/69 (65.2) | 599/1021 (58.7) | 0.892 |
Female | 458/1120 (40.9) | 24/69 (34.8) | 422/1021 (41.3) | |
Number of household members | ||||
Median number of household members (IQR) | 5 (3–8) | 6 (4–8) | 5 (3–8) | 0.368 |
Highest education level completed | ||||
No formal schooling | 144/1118 (12.9) | 4/69 (13.0) | 39/1019 (12.7) | 0.815 |
Primary school | 105/1118 (9.4) | 8/69 (11.6) | 94/1019 (9.2) | |
High school | 411/1118 (36.8) | 27/69 (39.1) | 373/1019 (36.6) | |
University | 458/1118 (41.0) | 25/69 (36.2) | 423/1019 (41.5) | |
Current occupationb | ||||
Unemployed/retired/student | 254/1090 (23.3) | 14/69 (20.3) | 230/992 (23.2) | 0.707 |
Employed, health worker | 88/1090 (8.1) | 4/69 (5.8) | 81/992 (8.2) | |
Employed, not health worker | 748/1090 (68.6) | 51/69 (73.9) | 681/992 (68.6) | |
History of chronic conditions | ||||
Diabetes | 46/1115 (4.1) | 2/69 (2.9) | 43/1016 (4.2) | 0.999 |
High blood pressure | 151/1118 (13.5) | 19/69 (27.5) | 128/1019 (12.6) | 0.001 |
Household or family member diagnosed with COVID-19b | ||||
Yes | 35/1099 (3.2) | 8/69 (11.6) | 26/1007 (2.6) | < 0.001 |
No | 1064/1099 (96.8) | 61/69 (88.4) | 981/1007 (97.4) | |