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Table 4 Demographic characteristics by vaccine hesitancy status, community members only

From: COVID-19 vaccination in the Gaza Strip: a cross-sectional study of vaccine coverage, hesitancy, and associated risk factors among community members and healthcare workers

Characteristic

Vaccine hesitant (unweighted)

Vaccine hesitant (weighted)

No, N = 604a

Yes, N = 300a

p valueb

No (%)

Yes (%)

p valueb

Age

  

0.075

  

0.22

 18–39

339 (64.45%)

187 (35.55%)

 

63.15

36.85

 

 40+

265 (70.11%)

113 (29.89%)

 

69.63

30.37

 

Sex

  

0.082

  

0.006

 Female

259 (63.79%)

147 (36.21%)

 

60.68

39.32

 

 Male

345 (69.28%)

153 (30.72%)

 

69.90

30.10

 

Highest education level

  

0.001

  

0.18

 Primary or none

40 (50.00%)

40 (50.00%)

 

46.80

53.20

 

 Secondary or College/Vocational

227 (65.42%)

120 (34.58%)

 

63.26

36.74

 

 University

337 (70.65%)

140 (29.35%)

 

71.58

28.42

 

Governorate

  

0.060

   

 Gaza City

199 (63.58%)

114 (36.42%)

    

 Jabalia

124 (65.96%)

64 (34.04%)

    

 Khanyunis

132 (76.30%)

41 (23.70%)

    

 Nuseirat

87 (65.41%)

46 (34.59%)

    

 Rafah

62 (63.92%)

35 (36.08%)

    

Strata

  

0.14

   

 Camp

211 (65.73%)

110 (34.27%)

    

 Rural

119 (73.46%)

43 (26.54%)

    

 Urban

274 (65.08%)

147 (34.92%)

    
  1. Values in bold indicate statistically significant results at p value < 0.05
  2. an (%)
  3. bChi-squared test with Rao & Scott's second-order correction