Bhairahawa Multiple Campus, Tribhuvan University, Siddharthanagar, Rupandehi, Nepal.
Central Department of Education, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal.
J Prev Med Hyg. 2022 Jul 31;63(2):E240-E256. doi: 10.15167/2421-4248/jpmh2022.63.2.2284. eCollection 2022 Jun.
Corona virus disease (COVID-19) remains pandemic globally. Vaccination is considered one of the best means to control both morbidity and mortality of COVID-19. The study aims to find out the people's acceptance and willingness to pay for it.
The study used cross-sectional survey design. Data were collected using a survey questionnaire from 1072 respondents (age 20-60 years) from 14 districts of Nepal. Socio-demographic characteristics of the respondents were independent and acceptance of vaccine was the dependent variable.
The study found that 84% of the respondents accepted the COVID vaccine. Only one out of six did not accept the COVID vaccine while 16% of the respondents stated that they would like to pay for the COVID vaccination. The average willingness to pay (WTP) for vaccination was NRs. 1053 (US$ 9) while median and mode remained the same NRs. 500. The middle age groups (30-49 years), respondents belonged to Madhesi, business people in terms of occupation and the respondents who had completed school level education had a higher acceptance rate than other categories. It was observed that place of residence in terms of provinces or districts, age group, caste/ethnicity, and educational level of the respondents were significantly associated with the acceptance of the COVID vaccine. Moreover, respondents residing from Lumbini Province, age group of 30-39 years, and having secondary or higher education were noticed as more likely to accept the COVID vaccine than the respective compared groups.
Appropriate information, education and communication needs to disseminate to minimize the misinformation about the COVID and lack of trust in vaccine that may lead to low acceptance and poor WTP for vaccine. These findings could be considered while making COVID and the COVID vaccine-related interventions.
冠状病毒病（COVID-19）在全球范围内仍然流行。接种疫苗被认为是控制 COVID-19 发病率和死亡率的最佳手段之一。本研究旨在了解人们对 COVID-19 疫苗的接受程度和支付意愿。
本研究采用横断面调查设计。从尼泊尔 14 个地区的 1072 名受访者（年龄在 20-60 岁之间）中收集数据，使用调查问卷进行调查。受访者的社会人口统计学特征为自变量，疫苗接种的接受程度为因变量。
研究发现，84%的受访者接受 COVID 疫苗。只有六分之一的人不接受 COVID 疫苗，而 16%的受访者表示愿意为 COVID 疫苗接种付费。接种疫苗的平均支付意愿（WTP）为 1053 尼泊尔卢比（9 美元），中位数和模式保持不变，为 500 尼泊尔卢比。中年组（30-49 岁）、属于马德西族的受访者、职业为商人、以及完成学校教育水平的受访者的接受率高于其他类别。观察到，以省或地区、年龄组、种姓/族裔和受访者的教育水平来划分的居住地点与 COVID 疫苗的接受程度显著相关。此外，来自蓝毗尼省的受访者、年龄在 30-39 岁之间的受访者、以及接受过中学或更高教育的受访者，比各自的比较群体更有可能接受 COVID 疫苗。
需要进行适当的信息、教育和宣传，以减少有关 COVID 的错误信息和对疫苗的不信任，这可能导致接受程度低和对疫苗的支付意愿低。在制定 COVID 和 COVID 疫苗相关干预措施时，可以考虑这些发现。
