Determinants of COVID-19 vaccine uptake: evidence from a vulnerable global South setting.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Studies are paying increasing attention to complex social determinants in explaining the variation in the rates COVID-19 vaccine uptake. This study examines the influence of various individual, contextual, and vaccine-related factors on COVID-19 vaccine uptake behaviour in a resource-scarce and vulnerable setting using a quantitative research approach. Using a multi-staged cluster sampling approach, 408 individuals from 204 households in Cape Coast, Ghana's tourism hub, were surveyed. Probit and logistic regression models were estimated to test the vaccine-related factors.

Results

A significant difference is observed between wait time and vaccination status (χ² = 21.17; p = 0.000). Moreover, age and religion, as controlled variables, equally played signi

SUBMITTER: Amoah JO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10979621 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature