Journal of Biometrics & Biostatistics

Department of Mathematics/Statistics, Akanu Ibiam Federal Polytechnic, Unwana, Nigeria

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• Research Article   
  Analysis of Social Factors Influencing Covid-19 Vaccine Acceptance Level in Akanu Ibiam Federal Polytechnic, Unwana Nigeria
  Author(s): Awa Ogbonnaya Dike*, O. Elem-Uche and U. A. Dike
  
  In this paper, the social factors affecting the level of acceptance of covid-19 vaccine in Akanu Ibiam federal polytechnic Unwana was studied. A stratified random sampling was employed to draw samples of staff and students of the polytechnic. The schools were used as strata to make the sample representative. A structured questionnaire was administered to the sample points, their responses were analyzed using a percentages, cross-tabulation chi square test and probit regression model using the following variables: age, sex, religion, tribe, education status and work status to ascertain if any or all of the factors have influence on the level of acceptance of the covid-19 vaccine. From the result obtained, that the acceptance level of Covid-19 vaccine by the respondents is 47.89% a little below average, and the goodness of fit test =219.568 at 5 percent level of .. Read More»
  DOI: 10.37421/2155-6180.2024.15.211

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