Willingness to take COVID-19 vaccination in low-income countries: Evidence from Ethiopia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In low-income countries, vaccination campaigns are lagging, and evidence on vaccine acceptance, a crucial public health planning input, remains scant. This is the first study that reports willingness to take COVID-19 vaccines and its socio-demographic correlates in Ethiopia, Africa's second most populous country.

Methods

The analysis is based on a nationally representative survey data of 2,317 households conducted in the informal economy in November 2020. It employs two logistic regression models where the two outcome variables are (i) a household head's willingness to take a COVID-19 vaccine or not, and (ii) if yes if they would also hypothetically pay (an unspecified amount) for it or not. Predictors include age, gender, education, marital status, income categor

SUBMITTER: Strupat C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8893640 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature