Table 1 Descriptive statistics of characteristics of adults living in the Dominican Republic (surveyed June-October 2021).
Category | Variable (level) | Descriptive statistics | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Sociodemographic factors | Age (individual) | Mean | Standard deviation | |
46.68 | 17.85 | |||
The degree of poverty in the community household located (community)* | 47.37 | 14.67 | ||
Born in the Dominican Republic (individual) | Value | Number | Percentage | |
Yes | 5,318 | 95.49 | ||
No | 230 | 4.13 | ||
Don’t know or refuse | 18 | 0.32 | ||
NA | 3 | 0.05 | ||
Ethnicity (individual) | Indigenous | 681 | 12.23 | |
Mestizo | 1,862 | 33.44 | ||
Mulatto* | 2,878 | 51.68 | ||
White | 124 | 2.23 | ||
Don’t know or refuse | 10 | 0.18 | ||
NA | 3 | 0.05 | ||
Other | 11 | 0.20 | ||
Education (individual) | No formal | 681 | 12.23 | |
Primary | 2,042 | 36.67 | ||
Secondary | 2,016 | 36.20 | ||
Technical | 110 | 1.98 | ||
University | 699 | 12.55 | ||
Don’t know or refuse | 18 | 0.32 | ||
NA | 3 | 0.05 | ||
Work environment (individual) | Indoor | 654 | 11.74 | |
Mix | 853 | 15.32 | ||
Not relevant (e.g. student or not working) | 3,549 | 63.73 | ||
Outdoor | 513 | 9.21 | ||
Travel in the past 5 years outside of the country (individual) | Yes | 278 | 4.99 | |
No | 5,284 | 94.88 | ||
Refuse to answer | 4 | 0.07 | ||
NA | 3 | 0.05 | ||
Home toilet (household) | Inside | 4,277 | 76.80 | |
Outside | 1,228 | 22.05 | ||
No toilet | 55 | 0.99 | ||
Don’t know | 9 | 0.16 | ||
Setting (household) | Urban | 2,988 | 53.65 | |
Rural | 2,581 | 46.35 | ||
Health related factors | Death outside of the household (individual) | Value | Number | Percentage |
Yes | 905 | 16.25 | ||
No | 4,597 | 82.55 | ||
Don’t know or refuse | 64 | 1.15 | ||
NA | 3 | 0.05 | ||
Death inside the household (household) | Yes | 256 | 4.60 | |
No | 5,149 | 92.46 | ||
Refuse to answer | 7 | 0.13 | ||
Don’t know | 157 | 2.82 | ||
Number of past/current chronic diseases (individual) | 0 | 3,739 | 67.14 | |
1 | 1,442 | 25.89 | ||
2 | 361 | 6.48 | ||
3 | 24 | 0.43 | ||
4 | 3 | 0.05 | ||
Number of past/current infectious diseases (individual) | 0 | 3,469 | 63.32 | |
1 | 1,920 | 34.50 | ||
2 | 161 | 2.89 | ||
3 | 16 | 0.29 | ||
How concerned are you about the impact on your health if you contract coronavirus? (individual) | Very low | 1,578 | 28.35 | |
Low | 1,169 | 21 | ||
Average | 935 | 16.80 | ||
High | 1,264 | 22.71 | ||
Very high | 620 | 11.14 | ||
Vaccine-related factors | Vaccinating myself against COVID-19 is important for my health (individual) | Value | Number | Percentage |
Strongly disagree | 64 | 1.15 | ||
Almost disagree | 157 | 2.82 | ||
Neutral | 432 | 7.76 | ||
Agree | 1,048 | 18.83 | ||
Strongly agree | 3,865 | 69.44 | ||
The benefits of vaccination against COVID-19 outweighs the risks (individual) | Strongly disagree | 77 | 1.38 | |
Almost disagree | 288 | 5.17 | ||
Neutral | 580 | 10.42 | ||
Agree | 1,084 | 19.48 | ||
Strongly agree | 3,537 | 63.55 | ||
The benefits of general vaccination (childhood vaccination, or other adult vaccination) outweigh the risks (household) | Strongly disagree | 39 | 0.70 | |
Almost disagree | 124 | 2.23 | ||
Neutral | 442 | 7.94 | ||
Agree | 1,071 | 19.23 | ||
Strongly agree | 3,893 | 69.90 | ||
Newer vaccines are as safe as older vaccines (household) | Strongly disagree | 34 | 0.62 | |
Almost disagree | 202 | 3.63 | ||
Neutral | 462 | 8.30 | ||
Agree | 1,113 | 19.99 | ||
Strongly agree | 3,758 | 67.48 | ||
I am concerned about serious adverse effects of the COVID-19 vaccine (individual) | Very low | 3,152 | 56.63 | |
Low | 798 | 14.34 | ||
Average | 933 | 16.76 | ||
High | 190 | 3.41 | ||
Very high | 493 | 8.86 | ||
I am concerned about serious adverse effects of vaccines (individual) | Very low | 2,971 | 53.35 | |
Low | 525 | 9.43 | ||
Average | 933 | 16.75 | ||
High | 506 | 9.09 | ||
Very high | 634 | 11.38 | ||
Main source of health information, this includes but is not limited to information about COVID-19. (household) | Value | Number | Percentage | |
None | 38 | 0.68 | ||
Social media | 1,742 | 31.30 | ||
School | 130 | 2.34 | ||
Internet | 343 | 6.16 | ||
Health professionals | 460 | 8.27 | ||
Media | 2,732 | 49.09 | ||
Friends and relatives | 120 | 2.16 | ||
Trust in general | The local doctors/local clinic (household) | Value | Number | Percentage |
Very low | 23 | 0.41 | ||
Low | 107 | 1.92 | ||
Average | 347 | 6.23 | ||
High | 1,122 | 20.15 | ||
Very high | 3,970 | 71.29 | ||
The local government (household) | Very low | 94 | 1.69 | |
Low | 211 | 3.79 | ||
Average | 593 | 10.65 | ||
High | 1,540 | 27.65 | ||
Very high | 3,131 | 56.22 | ||
The religious leaders (household) | Very low | 61 | 1.10 | |
Low | 266 | 4.78 | ||
Average | 586 | 10.52 | ||
High | 1,395 | 25.05 | ||
Very high | 3,261 | 58.56 | ||
The media (household) | Very low | 67 | 1.20 | |
Low | 166 | 2.98 | ||
Average | 667 | 11.98 | ||
High | 1,496 | 26.86 | ||
Very high | 3,173 | 56.98 | ||
The social media (household) | Very low | 208 | 3.73 | |
Low | 357 | 6.41 | ||
Average | 771 | 13.84 | ||
High | 1,462 | 26.25 | ||
Very high | 2,771 | 49.76 | ||
The national government (household) | Very low | 168 | 3.02 | |
Low | 306 | 5.49 | ||
Average | 698 | 12.53 | ||
High | 1,388 | 24.92 | ||
Very high | 3,009 | 54.03 | ||
Scientists (household) | Very low | 235 | 4.22 | |
Low | 333 | 5.98 | ||
Average | 598 | 10.74 | ||
High | 1,253 | 22.50 | ||
Very high | 3,150 | 56.56 | ||
Global health institutes like the World Health Organization (household) | Very low | 484 | 8.69 | |
Low | 335 | 6.02 | ||
Average | 601 | 10.80 | ||
High | 1,024 | 18.39 | ||
Very high | 3,125 | 56.11 | ||
Healthcare access factor | Number of hospitals per 100,000 population in the community household located (community) | Mean | Standard Deviation | |
227.3 | 206.43 | |||
