1 Olasunkanmi Rowland Adeleke
1 Joseph Sunday Adegboro
1 Oluwaseyi Oye Adedayo
2 Johnson Olaniyi Olawale
1 Department of Human Kinetics and Health Education, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, Ondo State, Nigeria
2 Department of Kinesiology, Health Education & Recreation, Obafemi Awolowo, University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria
Adeleke Olasunkanmi Rowland
Department of Human Kinetics and Health Education, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, Ondo State, Nigeria
E-mail: olasunkanmi.adeleke@aaua.edu.ng
https://doi.org/10.24141/2/6/1/5
Aim. The aim of this study was to examine ethnic- ity and educational level as predicting factors for the acceptance of COVID-19 vaccines in Nigeria. Two (2) hypotheses were posed for this study.
Methods. This study employed the concurrent ex- planatory design method. The sample was comprised of 32,224 respondents, all Nigerian citizens. A multi- stage sampling technique was employed for the sur- vey involving quantitative data. A questionnaire was used as the instrument for data collection.
Results. The findings of this study revealed that there is a significant difference in COVID-19 vaccine acceptance based on tribe/ethnicity. The Tiv tribe and respondents who had tertiary education had the highest acceptance rate of COVID-19 vaccine.
Conclusion. The findings of this study show that there is a significant relationship between ethnicity, educational level and acceptance of COVID-19 vac- cines in Nigeria. To improve the community-based COVID-19 immunization drive, it is crucial to devel- op creative, theory-based interventions to involve important stakeholders like village chiefs, religious leaders, and others. Additionally, a successful health message campaign must be implemented to fight the widespread falsehoods and misinformation that have contributed to the non-acceptance of COVID-19 vaccination.