COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and social contact patterns in Pakistan: results from a national cross-sectional survey

Table 1 Respondent characteristics in this study

	Respondents in this survey (n = 3,658)		Pakistan national population projections^a
Age group
0–17	0	-
18–25	1,062	29%	19%^b +
26–34	1,092	30%	29% +
35–44	21	25%	20% +
45–54	423	11%	15% +
55 +	160	4%	17% +
Gender
Male	1,830	50%	51%
Female	1,828	50%	49%
Province
Baluchistan	334	9%	5%
Islamabad Capital Territory	40	1%	1%
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	624	17%	14%
Punjab	1,740	48%	57%
Sindh	920	25%	24%
Urban/Rural
Urban	1,809	49%	52%
Rural	1,849	51%	48%

^aNational population projections obtained from Pakistan Bureau of Statistics and World Bank [17, 21]
^bRepresents population 20–25, as data unavailable for ages 18 and 19 years. + Proportion of adult population; adult proportions are therefore comparable across columns

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