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Table 5 Characteristics of the clusters of respondents

From: Attitude towards COVID 19 vaccines and vaccine hesitancy in urban and rural communities in Tamil Nadu, India – a community based survey

S.No

Characteristic

Categories

Cluster 1

Cluster 2

Cluster 3

Cluster 4

p value

  

18 - 45 yrs

63 (16.2%)

114 (29.4%)

95 (24.5%)

115 (29.7%)

0.005*

46 - 65 yrs

18 (11.3%)

42 (26.4%)

41 (25.8%)

58 (36.5%)

> 65 yrs

1 (5.6%)

3 (16.7%)

3 (16.7%)

11 (61.1%)

2

Sex

Male

28 (13.4%)

46 (22%)

53 (25.4%)

82 (39.2%)

0.025*

Female

54 (15.2%)

113 (31.8%)

86 (24.2%)

102 (28.7%)

3

Area

Urban

45 (16%)

44 (15.6%)

69 (24.5%)

124 (44%)

< 0.001*

Rural

37 (13.1%)

115 (40.8%)

70 (24.8%)

60 (21.3%)

4

Education

No Schooling

8 (10.7%)

19 (25.3%)

28 (37.3%)

20 (29.7%)

0.003*

Schooling

60 (16%)

114 (30.5%)

89 (23.8%)

111 (27.7%)

Diploma / Graduate / PG

14 (12.1%)

26 (22.6%)

22 (19.1%)

53 (46%)

5

Occupation

Unemployed

23 (21.5%)

19 (17.8%)

23 (21.5%)

42 (39.3%)

0.002*

Labourer

13 (9.2%)

59 (41.8%)

39 (27.7%)

30 (21.3%)

Clerical

7 (11.7%)

18 (30%)

14 (23.3%)

21 (35%)

Skilled Worker

26 (15.6%)

40 (24%)

44 (26.3%)

57 (34.1%)

Business and Executive

12 (15.4%)

21 (26.9%)

14 (17.9%)

31 (39.7%)

Professional

1 (9.1%)

2 (18.2%)

5 (45.5%)

3 (27.3%)

6

Monthly Family Income

< Rs. 6000

14 (13.5%)

44 (42.3%)

35 (33.7%)

11 (10.6%)

< 0.001*

Rs. 6000 - 17,999

33 (16.2%)

68 (33.3%)

52 (25.5%)

51 (25%)

Rs. 18,000 - 30,000

16 (15.8%)

15 (14.9%)

24 (23.8%)

46 (45.5%)

Rs. 30,000 - 44,999

5 (17.9%)

5 (17.9%)

9 (32.1%)

9 (32.1%)

Rs. 45,000 - 59,999

3 (9.7%)

4 (12.9%)

5 (16.1%)

19 (61.3%)

Rs. 60,000 - 100,000

5 (17.2%)

10 (34.5%)

4 (13.8%)

10 (34.5%)

> Rs. 100,000

1 (11.1%)

2 (22.2%)

0

6 (66.7%)

7

Did you or your family members have COVID 19?

Yes

9 (15.8%)

9 (15.8%)

8 (14%)

31 (54.4%)

0.001*

No

73 (14.4%)

150 (29.6%)

131 (25.8%)

153 (30.2%)

  1. *p<0.05 statistically significant