COVID-19 Vaccination Acceptability Survey among Staff and Students in Nigerian Universities

ABSTRACT

acceptability level of the COVID-19 vaccination among staff and students at Nigerian universities, using the University of Calabar in Cross River State as a case study. The study includes ten university faculties. A representative sample was drawn using simple random sampling, and a questionnaire was used as a data collection instrument. A total of 1,210 respondents were chosen as a sample. This sample includes academic staff, non-academic staff, and students. The research hypothesis developed for the study posed and answered five core research questions. Data analysis was achieved using descriptive and inferential analysis. In the descriptive analysis, frequency distribution tables, proportions, and percentages were applied, while inferential analysis applied the chi-square test. The findings reveal that gender has no bearing on the responses of respondents to the research questions posed to them. Vaccination prevents the spread of COVID-19 infection, but only 38% of the sample size had received the vaccination, while 62% refused. From the analysis, the reasons for the low acceptability level are based on the lack of trust in the COVID-19 vaccines, probably because of government handling. While some attribute it to a lack of COVID-19 orientation, sensitization, and vaccine publicity, others attribute it to too much disruptive news about the side effects of the COVID-19 vaccine. © 2022 IEEE.