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Table 1 Descriptive statistics of the sample of surveyed women in Uganda

From: Socio-demographic factors associated with COVID-19 vaccine uptake and refusal among Ugandan women

Variable

Freq.

Mean

Age groups:

  

   Age 15-19

1007/4211

0.24

   Age 20-29

1530/4211

0.36

   Age 30-39

1055/4211

0.26

   Age 40-49

619/4211

0.15

Highest level of schooling attended:

  

   Primary education or less

2607/4211

0.63

   Any secondary education

1273/4211

0.30

   Tertiary or higher education

331/4211

0.07

Relative household wealth:

  

   Lowest wealth tertile

1298/4211

0.31

   Middle wealth tertile

1337/4211

0.33

   Highest wealth tertile

1576/4211

0.36

Rural or urban residence:

  

   Urban

1489/4211

0.22

Economic characteristics:

  

   Has worked recently

2112/4211

0.50

   Any savings

1750/4211

0.41

   Complete instead partial income loss since pandemic

1399/4211

0.35

Fertility:

  

   Given birth in 2020/21

1071/4211

0.27

   Currently pregnant

367/4211

0.09

Contraceptive usage:

  

   Using modern contraceptives

1447/4211

0.35

   Using traditional contraceptives

255/4211

0.06

Vaccination outcomes:

  

   Vaccinated against COVID-19

510/4211

0.11

   Willing to be vaccinated

3114/4211

0.76

   Unwilling to be vaccinated

587/4211

0.13

  1. Note: The middle column displays frequencies of each variable, while the righthand column displays weighted sample means.
  2. Source: Author’s own computation