AUTHOR=Al-Mustapha Ahmad Ibrahim , Abubakar Musa Imam , Oyewo Muftau , Esighetti Rita Enyam , Ogundijo Oluwaseun Adeolu , Bolanle Lukman Dele , Fakayode Oluwatosin Enoch , Olugbon Abdullateef Saliman , Oguntoye Michael , Elelu Nusirat 

TITLE=Socio-Demographic Characteristics of COVID-19 Vaccine Recipients in Kwara State, North Central Nigeria

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Public Health

VOLUME=Volume 9 - 2021

YEAR=2022

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2021.773998

DOI=10.3389/fpubh.2021.773998

ISSN=2296-2565

ABSTRACT=Understanding key socio-demographic variables of COVID-19 vaccine recipients is crucial to improving its acceptance and Nigeria’s COVID-19 control strategy. The survey was conducted as a non-probability cross-sectional survey of 2,936 COVID-19 vaccine recipients in Kwara State. 
Our findings revealed that 74% (n=2,161) of the vaccine recipients were older than 40 years. Forty percent (n=1,180) of the vaccine recipients earned a monthly income greater than 100,000 Naira . Most of the vaccine recipients (64%, n=1,880) had tertiary education while 15% (n=440) of them had no formal education. Almost half of the recipients (47%) were government employees and 28.8% (n=846) of them had health-related backgrounds. Only 17% (n=499) of the vaccine recipients have been screened for the SARS-CoV-2 of which 21% of them tested positive. Only 47% (n=1,378) had been fully immunized. The prevalence of confirmed COVID-19 cases among COVID-19 vaccine recipients in Kwara State was 3.6%. The most recurrent AEFI among vaccine recipients were fever (14%), pain at injection site (47%), headache (19%), and body weakness (9%). The need to protect themselves from the deadly virus was the main reason that prompted people to voluntarily accept the COVID-19 vaccine. 
There is a high level of COVID-19 vaccine acceptance among respondents across all social classes including those with no formal education, those with very low monthly income (