Covid-19 Vaccine Confidence, Hesit Ancy And Refusal Among Hh Heads Of Municipality Of Pontevedra, Capiz

This study primarily investigated the level of COVID-19 vaccine confidence, hesitancy and refusal among household heads of the municipality of Pontevedra during COVID-19 pandemic. A random sample of 372 household heads in a total of 12,071 households (PHO, 2021) in the municipality served as respondents of the study. A validated and pilot-tested researcher-made questionnaire was used as research instrument distributed using both online platform (Google Forms) and in printed questionnaire. Findings indicate that household heads in the municipality of Pontevedra are mostly females, in their mid-forties, married, Roman Catholic, College graduate, headed a household of fi e with a family member of less than 5 years old and a senior citizen, unemployed, with family monthly income below the poverty line, no medical insurance and stayed in the place for a quarter of a century. Majority of the HH heads have not been tested for COVID-19, has not been diagnosed by health care professionals based on symptoms only, had no in-person contact with anyone infected with COVID-19; and majority of them have no comorbidities or pre-existing health conditions. Moreover, HH heads are aware that they are quite unlikely to get COVID-19 and very closely complied about guidelines for COVID-19. Most of the HH heads in Pontevedra are COVID-19 Vaccine Confident, have a high level of social cohesion and trust during COVID-19, somewhat satisfied with the COVID-19 Control, and somewhat agree to receive COVID-19 Vaccination. There are significant differences on the mean vaccine confidence scores when HH heads are classified


INTRODUCTION
Will you get the COVID-19 vaccine for you and your family?Vaccines and immunization programs have prevented major epidemics of life threatening diseases since the beginning of their widespread use in the 1900s (ECDPC, 2017).For this reason, vaccination is considered one of the greatest public health achievements of the 20th century (US CDCP, 2015).The history of public concerns about and questioning of vaccines, however, is as old as vaccines themselves.As the widespread use of vaccines has grown, so have anxieties about vaccine safety and their regulation (Larson, et al., 2011).Individuals may lack confidence in the safety or efficac of vaccines for a variety of reasons.They may lack confidence as a result of negative experiences with the product, providers, or those making with policy decisions.In November 2017, it was announced that the new dengue vaccine ("Dengvaxia") had risks for those not previously exposed to dengue.While some countries proceeded with adjusting guidance accordingly, the Philippines reacted with outrage and political turmoil with naming and shaming of government official involved in purchasing the vaccine, as well as scientists involved in the vaccine trials and assessment.The result was broken public trust around the dengue vaccine as well heightened anxiety around vaccines in general.The Vaccine Confidence Pro-jectTM measured the impact of this crisis, comparing confidence levels in 2015, before the incident, with levels in 2018.The findings reflect a dramatic drop in vaccine confidence from 93% "strongly agreeing" that vaccines are important in 2015 to 32% in 2018.There was a drop in confidence in those strongly agreeing that vaccines are safe from 82% in 2015 to only 21% in 2018; similarly, confidence in the effecti eness of vaccines dropped from 82% in 2015 to only 22%.Vaccine confidence is not merely an individual phenomenon, but a social and political phenomenon as well.When vaccine-hesitant individuals reach a critical mass in a population, and do not receive adequate attention and engagement from health authorities on the specific issues, they may have with a vaccine, they may form coalitions of varying looseness or consensus (Larson, 2015).Public confidence in vaccines is, above all, a phenomenon of public trust, Fittingly, the Oxford English Dictionary defines "confidence" as the mental attitude of trusting in or relying on a person or thing.In the context of vaccination, confidence implies trust in the vaccine (the product), trust in the vaccinator or other health professional (the provider), and trust in those who make decisions about vaccine provision (policy maker) (Larson, et al., 2015).Public confidence in vaccination is vital to the success of immunization programs worldwide.Understanding the dynamics of vaccine confidence is therefore of great importance for global public health.In an effort to measure the impact of the fears and anxiety on vaccine particularly for COVID-19, vaccine confidence, hesitancy and refusal among the household heads in the municipality of Pontevedra, Capiz during the COVID-19 Pandemic is hereby conducted.

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
The main purpose of the study is to assess the level of COVID-19 vaccine confidence, hesitancy and refusal among household heads of the municipality of Pontevedra during COVID-19 pandemic.Specificall , it sought to answer to the following questions: 1.
What profile can be drawn from the respondents: COVID-related questions 1.2.1 undergone COVID-19 test 1.2.2 have been diagnosed based on symptoms 1.2.3 with contact to anyone infected with COVID-19 infection 1.2.4 living with anybody infected with COVID-19 infection 1.2.5 Presence of pre-existing conditions 2.
What are the level of awareness and compliance of HH heads about COVID-19?3.
What is the extent of COVID-19 impact to HH heads of Pontevedra? 4.
What is the level of vaccine confidence of HH heads during COVID-19? 5.
What is the level of social cohesion and trust of HH heads during COVID-19?6.
What is the level of satisfaction with the COVID-19 Control of HH heads? 7.
What is the overall likelihood of HH heads to receive COVID-19 Vaccination?8.
Do the COVID-19 Vaccine responses of HH heads varies significantly when they are grouped according to their profile ariables?9.
Are the level of COVID-19 vaccine re-sponse scores among HH heads significantly related with the following variables?9.1 profile cha acteristics of HH heads 9.2 COVID-19 related questions 9.3 Impact of COVID-19 9.4 level of social cohesion and trust 9.5 level of satisfaction with the COVID-19 Control 10.
What are the factors that will significanly discriminate the HH heads that are confident, hesitant and refuser of COVID-19 vaccine in the municipality of Pontevedra?THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK Acceptance of vaccination is an outcome behavior resulting from a complex decision-making process that can be potentially influenced by a wide range of factors.In developing the definition, this study will be patterned on the SAGE working Group Model of Determinants of Vaccine Hesitan-cy (Larso, et.al, 2012), with reference to the barriers to vaccination.This systems approach to understanding reasons for vaccine hesitancy model designed to analyze factors influencing uptake of vaccines, focusing on HCW concerns, trust and access issues.
The WG in 2012 reviewed a number of conceptual models for grouping vaccine hesitancy determinants.In the review, model complexity, global applicability, breadth of factors considered and potential usefulness in informing the development of vaccine hesitancy indicators and survey questions for use at the global and country levels were all considered.The WG also assessed whether the model could facilitate understanding of the concept of vaccine hesitancy for those unfamiliar with the term.

Contextual
In uences   Vaccine hesitancy occurs on the continuum between high vaccine demand and complete vaccine refusal, i.e. no demand for available and offered vaccines.However, demand and hesitancy are not completely congruent.An individual or community may fully accept vaccination without hesitancy but may not demand vaccination or a specific vaccine.The following examples illustrate demand aspects that go beyond hesitancy.In UttarPradesh, India, the community demanded, through the courts, public access to Japanese encephalitis vaccine to curb annual disease outbreaks associated with high morbidity and mortality among their children (Rajesh Kumar Srivastava versus Shri A.P. Verma and Others.High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, 2015).In Calgary, Canada, in school access to Human Papilloma Virus vaccine was prohibited in Catholic schools in 2008, but citizens' demand successfully overturned this ban in 2013 supported in-school access to HPV vaccination as had previously been available only in non-Catholic public schools (Guichon, et al., 2013).Because hesitancy undermines demand, to achieve the vaccine demand goal, as defined in the Global Vaccine Action Plan, countries will need to take action to counteract hesitancy.When rates of hesitancy are high, levels of demand are low, but low rates of hes-itancy do not necessarily mean that demand will be high.To achieve high individual and community vaccine demand, context, community and vaccine specific strategies beyond those aimed at addressing hesitancy need to be developed.

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY Local/ Respondents
This study covered a random sample of 372 HH heads from a total of 12,071 HH in the municipality.

Variable Description
The variables considered in the study are profile variables of HH

Sample/ Sampling Technique
Cochran formula was used in determining the sample size for HH heads, that was appropriated for the study, where: t is the abscissa of the normal curve that cuts off an area of a at the tails with = 0.05, and degrees of freedom t n-, 1(n,−1)>30 1.96 Z 1 -P is the proportion in the target population estimated to have a particular characteristic.If there is no reasonable estimate, then use 50% Q = 1 -p d is the margin of error (set at 0.05) N is the total population n is the sample size For the number of respondents, simple random sampling designed for household survey was used.

Data Gathering Procedure
After securing a permit to conduct the study, a survey was conducted to HH Heads using a combination of questionnaire administration through BHWs and online questionnaire using Google forms.

Data Analysis Procedure
A short description of the HH Heads based on their selected profile variables was made using frequency counts, arithmetic mean and percentages.Frequency counts and weighted mean were used in describing the levels and extent of intervening discriminant variables (level of awareness and compliance of HH heads about COVID-19, extent of COVID-19 impact to HH heads, level of vaccine confidence of HH heads during COVID-19, level of social cohesion and trust of HH heads, level of satisfaction with the COVID-19 Control of HH heads, and overall likelihood of HH heads to receive COVID-19 Vaccination).To find out if there is a significant change on the COVID19 vaccine response when HH heads are grouped according to HH profile variables, test for comparing means of two groups (Mann-Whitney U test) or mean of at least three groups (Kruskal Wallis H test) was used.To determine the significant relationship between COVID-19 vaccine response among HH heads and independent variables, correlation analysis (Spearman's P) and Chi-square test were used.In order to determine the factors that would discriminate the HH heads

Research Instruments
To gather the needed data, the researcher used a researcher-made questionnaire for HH head respondents.The first part of the questionnaire will gather information on the profile characteristics of the barangay, the second part will cater on the socio-demographic profile characteristics of HH heads.The third to 8th part will be based on the researcher-made questionnaire that was subjected to validation and reliability (pilot testing and measured the Cronbach Alpha = 0.81).
After content validation and reliability testing, the questionnaire was then translated into vernacular dialect (Hiligaynon) by a professional translator before administration.Almost half (175 or 47 percent) of the HH heads were unemployed; 76 (20.4) are Government permanent employees; 65 (17.5 percent) were self-employed; 27 (7.3percent) are Government casual employees; 17 (4.6 percent) are private permanent employees; and 12 (3.2percent) are private casual employees.More than half (193 or 51.9 percent) of the HH heads have a family monthly income of below PhP10,000; 63 (16.9 percent) of the HH heads have a family monthly income that ranges from PhP10,000 to PhP14,999; 61(16.4percent) HH heads have a family monthly income of at least PhP30,000; 29 (7.8 percent) HH heads earned an income between PhP20,000 and PhP24,999 in a month; 20 (5.4 percent) HH heads have a family monthly income that ranges from PhP15,000 to PhP19,999; and six (1.6 percent) HH heads have a family monthly income of PhP25,000-PhP29,000.

RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS Profile of HH Heads
Most (225 or 60.5 percent) of the HH heads have no medical insurance; 149 (38.7)HH heads have medical/health insurance; 107(28.8percent) are Philhealth beneficiaries.A greater number (101 or 27.2 percent) of the respondents have stayed for 20 -29 years in their place; 58 (15.6 percent) have stayed for 10 to 19 years; 53 (14.2 percent) HH heads stayed for 30 to 39 years; 46 (12.4) stayed for more than half of a century; and 43 (11.6 percent) HH heads stayed for 40 -49 years in their present address.(94.4 percent).Majority of the HH heads have not diagnosed as having COVID-19 based on your symptoms only by health care professionals (364 or 97.8 percent); had no in-person contact with anyone infected with COVID-19 (337 or 90.6 percent); had no anybody living in their house that had COVID-19 infection (369 or 99.2 percent).Majority of them have no comorbidities or pre-existing health conditions like asthma (326 or 87.6 percent), Chronic Kidney Dis ease (364 or 97.8 percent), Diabetes (338 or 90.9 percent), High Blood Pressure (260 or 69.9 percent); Immuno disorder (366 or 98.4 percent); and Obesity (353 or 94.9 percent).HH heads are aware that they are quite unlikely to get , quite unlikely to develop severe symptoms if he got COVID-19 infection (2.43); and quite unlikely to think that one or more of his children living in their house will get .HH heads very closely complied with local face mask wearing guidelines (4.81); very closely follow the COVID-19 news in any form (4.3) specifically through TV (86 percent), social media (81.2 percent), radio (68.5 percent), news websites (40.1 percent), and newspaper (12.4 percent), yet did not discussed with health care providers about COVID-19 concerns (59.2 percent).

Extent of COVID-19 Impact to HH heads of Pontevedra
As displayed in Table 3, HH heads are fairly worried about .Majority of the respondents are most worried that their other family members will be infected with COVID-19 (74.2 percent); most (58.6 percent) of them (65.9 percent) are most worried that the COVID-19 pandemic will significantly affect their economic situations/finances; more than half of them most worry that they will get COVID 19 (58.6 percent) and that their child/children will get COVID-19 (53.5 percent).They further reveal that the COVID-19 pandemic seriously affeced them negatively (71.8 percent).Specificall , they have difficu y in accessing goods and services due to closure of public places and international borders (77.4 percent), interruption of schooling/studies (76.1 percent), financial losses (72.8 percent), death of a loved one due to COVID-19 infection (66.9 percent); loneliness or separation of loved ones (66.7 percent); loss of job or business (63.7 percent); disruption in the celebration of important life, cultural, religious or festive events (59.7 percent); lack of access to usual places of entertainment (53.2 percent); and interruption in travel plans (51.9 percent).

Level of Vaccine Confidence of HH heads during COVID-19
In general, HH heads are fairly confident with the COVID-19 vaccine with a weighted mean score of 3.70 (as shown in Table 4).They were more likely to have their child/children vaccinated for COVID-19, six months after it is approved and it shows to be safe (3.54), fairly likely to them to get vaccinated and to their children for as low as 50 percent efficac as long it is safe, and available for free.The motivations for HH heads to get vaccinated for COVID-19 (as presented in Table 4a) are to protect himself/herself (77.2 percent), to protect friends and family members who might be particularly vulnerable (76.1 percent), to contribute to having the COVID-19 pandemic controlled and getting back to normal (75 percent), to protect their children (73.4 percent), to protect the health of people in their community (71.8 percent), and to protect elderly people in my household (68.8 percent).The motivations for HH heads to get their children vaccinated for COVID-19 (as presented in Table 4a) are to protect their children (75.5 percent), to protect the health of people in their community (67.7 percent), to protect friends and family members who might be particularly vulnerable (67.2 percent), to protect himself/herself (66.4 percent), and to protect elderly people in my household (61.8 percent).

Table 4b.
The top fi e prominent reasons for unwillingness or uncertainty of HH heads to get vaccinated (as shown in Table 4b) are: the vaccine is not safe and could have harmful side effects (32.8 percent), they do not believe the vaccine will be effecti e in offering much protection from COVID-19 (15.9 percent), concerned approval of the vaccine will be rushed for political reasons (8.1 percent), would like to wait and see what happens to other children first (7.3percent), and would like to see more safety and effectiveness data among children (9.4 percent).

Motivations to get vaccinated FOR HH HEADS FOR CHILDREN Frequency
% Frequency % 1.To protect me.2. To protect friends and family members who might be particularly vulnerable 3. To contribute to having the COVID-19 pandemic controlled and getting back to normal 4. To protect their children.5. To protect the health of people in my community 6.

Level of Social Cohesion and Trust of HH heads during COVID-19
The level of social cohesion and trust of HH heads during COVID-19 pandemic is displayed in Table 8. Results showed that in general, HH heads have a high level of social cohesion and trust during COVID-19 with a weighted mean score of 5.53, interpreted as "Agree".Distinctively, they provide help and support to people beyond their close circle when they need it (5.81), agreed that they feel cared for by my family during the COVID-19 pandemic (5.80), they provide help and support to people they are close to when they need it (5.71), and they trust that the municipality where they live will provide accurate information about the safety of the COVID-19 International Journal of Empirical Research Methods Volume 1, Issue 2 , 116-137 DOI: 10.59762/ijerm205275791220231205141945 vaccines, if they are made available (5.46).HH heads somewhat agree that they feel cared for by their vocal community during the COVID-19 pandemic (5.34), they feel a sense of belonging in my community during the COVID-19 pandemic (5.34), and they feel that in general, the policies of the government are responsive to their concerns during the COVID-19 pandemic (5.24).

Level of Satisfaction with the COVID-19 Control of HH Heads
Generally, Household Heads are somewhat satisfied with the COVID-19 Control with a weighted mean score of 5.46, interpreted as "somewhat agree" (as presented in Table 6).Specificall , they trust health science in general.(5.62), throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, their general trust in health science increased (5.55), they are satisfied with the medical group of the municipality of Pontevedra for their performance in controlling COVID-19 (5.52), they are satisfied with the health authorities of the municipality of Pontevedra for their performance in controlling , and they are satisfied with the political leaders of the municipality of Pontevedra for their performance in controlling .

OVERALL SOCIAL COHESION (Scale of 1 -Strongly Disagree to 7-Strongly Agree)
Weighted

Overall Likelihood of HH heads to Receive COVID-19 Vaccination
In general, HH heads is somewhat agree to receive COVID-19 Vaccination with a weighted mean score of 5.01, interpreted as "Somewhat Agree" (as shown in Table 7).Distinctively, they would be more likely to receive the COVID-19 vaccination if medical authorities of the municipality of Pontevedra recommend the vaccine and describe the vaccine development and approval process with full transparency (5.48), if the vaccine allocation/distribution process is transparent and evenhanded (5.42), if their health care provider recommends it to them (5.39), if the deployment of the vaccination in the municipality of Pontevedra incorporates public oversight and community involvement (5.19), if their partner/relatives decide that the vaccine is safe and effecti e (5.15), if their work colleague(s) or friends recommend the vaccine (5.02), if my social media support group decides that the COVID-19 vaccine is safe and effective

Mean Differences on the COVID-19 Vaccination Response Scores of HH Heads when grouped according to their profile variables
As presented in Table 8, there are no significant differences on the on the COVID-19 Vaccination Response Scores of HH Heads when grouped according to their sex, civil status, religion, household size, number of HH Members aged 0-5 years and < 60 years old, presence of medical insurance and length of stay in the present address.However, when HH heads were grouped according to their age, highest educational attainment, employment status, and family monthly income, significant differences on the on the COVID-19 Vaccination Response Scores of HH Heads were noted.For profile variables of the HH heads, their highest educational attainment, employment status and estimated monthly family income were found to be significantly related to their vaccine response.
For COVID-related profile questions, the following were found to be significantly related with their response to COVID-19 vaccination: been For extent of COVID-19 impact, the following were found to be signifi antly related with their

Stepwise Discriminant Analysis
For the Discriminant Analysis Procedure, all variables were used to discriminate HH heads in terms of their COVID-19 response.A total of 78 independent variables were considered, thirteen from personal characteristics, 27 variables from COVID-19-related profile questions, 26 from extent of COVID-19 impact, seven variables from social cohesion and trust questions; and fi e from satisfaction to COVID-19 Control items.
The result of Stepwise Discriminant Analysis for three groups is presented in Table 10.Out of 78 variables, only fi e qualified as good discriminating variables to discriminate HH heads as confident, hesitant and refuser to COVID 19 vaccination.These were their level of trust that the municipality will provide accurate information about the safety, their level of trust in health science in general, extent of worriedness that the COVID-19 pandemic will significantly affect their economic situation/finances, extent that one or more of their children will get COVID-19, and their higher level of education attained.

CONCLUSIONS
1. a. Household heads in the municipality of Pontevedra are mostly females, in their mid-forties, married, Roman Catholic, College graduate, headed a household of fi e with a family member of less than 5 years old and a senior citizen, unemployed, with family monthly income below the poverty line, no medical insurance and stayed in the place for a quarter of a century.b.Majority of the HH heads have not been tested for COVID-19, has not been diagnosed by health care professionals based on symptoms only, had no in-person contact with anyone infected with COVID-19; and majority of them have no comorbidities or pre-existing health conditions.2.
HH heads are aware that they are quite unlikely to get COVID-19 and very closely complied about guidelines for COVID-19.COVID-19 Vaccination Response of HH Heads was signifi antly related with their profile variables (highest educational attainment, employment status, and estimated monthly income), their COVID-19-related profile, their extent of COVID-19 impact, their level of social cohesion and trust, and their level of satisfaction with the COVID-19 control.10.
COVID-19 vaccine confident HH residents are identified to have higher level of trust that the municipality will provide accurate information about the safety, higher level of trust in health science in general, worried that the COVID-19 pandemic will significantly affect their economic situation/finances, perceived that very likely that one or more of their children will get COVID-19, and with higher level of education attained.

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A very strong statistical evidence from this study suggests that HH heads in Pontevedra Capiz is vaccine confident, thus the LGU must allocate enough funds to purchase the vaccine ahead of time.2.
To specifically account the vaccine confidence among barangays, a thorough study per barangay must be conducted with the help of BHWs to specifically estimate the number of vaccines needed per barangay.

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Furthermore, it is recommended for future studies to cater other factors that can explain the confidence of the public towards COVID-19 vaccine.
Educational Attainment 1.1.6HH size 1.1.7Number of HH members aged 0-5 years 1.1.8Number of HH members aged < 60 years 1.1.9Employment status 1.1.10Monthly Family Income 1.1.11Presence of medical insurance 1.1.12Length of stay(years) in the present address.1.2.
Figure 1.A conceptual framework showing the hypothesized relation between the profile variables of the barangay and HH heads , the intervening variables, and their COVID-19 Vaccine Response.
and less than ten percent was allocated to each of the other educational achievement status.More than half (216 or 58.1 percent) of the HH heads have a household size of at most fi e; 156 (41.9 percent) of them have more than fi e household size.Most (246 or 66.1 percent) of the of the HH heads have no HH members aged 0 to 5 years; 91 (24.5 percent) have one family member age 0 to 5 years; and 35 (9.4 percent) have more than one family member age 0 to 5 years.More than half (210 or 56.5 percent) of HH heads have no senior citizen in the family; 105 (28.2 percent) have one senior citizen; and 57 (15.3 percent) have two to more senior citizens in the household.
(4.98), if vaccination is made available in my health providers clinics and my child/children's school.(4.95), if their community leader recommends the vaccine (4.92), if the political authority of the municipality where I live recommends the vaccine (4.77), and if medical authorities of the municipality of Pontevedra have conflicting views regarding the COVID-19 vaccine (4.54), more likely to receive the COVID-19 vaccination… 1 if medical authorities of the municipality where I live recommend the vaccine and describe the vaccine development and approval process with full transparency.

International
Journal of Empirical Research MethodsVolume 1, Issue 2 , 116-137 DOI: 10.59762/ijerm205275791220231205141945 response to COVID-19 vaccination: extent of worriedness about COVID-19, mostly worried that HH Head will get COVID-19, mostly worried that their child/children will get COVID-19, mostly worried that their other family members will be infected with COVID-19, mostly worried that the COVID-19 pandemic will significantly affect their economic situation/finances, mostly worried that COVID-19 will cause more social inequality and instability, whether COVID-19 pandemic seriously affected them negatively, seriously affeced because of disruption in the celebration of important life, cultural, religious or festive events, seriously affected in the increase in domestic violence, seriously affected because of increased stress from caring a child full time due to school closure, seriously affected because of interruption in travel plans, seriously affected because of lack of access to usual places of entertainment, seriously affected because more than 10 percent weight gain, seriously affected because of suffered complications/disability from COVID-19 infection, and seriously affected because of worsening of a pre-existing health condition.For social cohesion and trust, the following were found to be significantly related with their response to COVID-19 vaccination: they trust that the municipality will provide accurate information about the safety of the COVID-19 vaccines, if they are made available; they feel cared for by their family during the COVID-19 pandemic; they feel cared for by their local community during the COVID-19 pandemic, feel a sense of belonging in their community during the COVID-19 pandemic; they feel that in general, the policies of the government are responsive to their concerns during the COVID-19 pandemic; they provide help and support to people they are close to when they need it; and they provide help and support to people beyond their close circle when they need it.For level of satisfaction with the COVID-19 control, the following were found to be significantly related with their response to COVID-19 vaccination: satisfied with the political leaders of the municipality where I live for their performance in controlling COVID-19; satisfied with the health authorities of the municipality where I live for their performance in controlling COVID-19; satisfied with the medical group of the municipality where I live for their performance in controlling COVID-19; trusted health science in general; and throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, general trust in health science increased.

Table 1
Cristo; and one (0.3) is MCGI.A quarter (96 or 25.8 percent) of the HH heads are college graduates; 63 (16.9 percent) are in college level; 60 (16.1 percent) are high school graduates; 39 (10.5 percent) are elementary graduates;

Table 1 . Profile Characteristics of HH Heads in the Municipality of Pontevedra International
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124 COVID-19-Related Profile As
shown in Table 2, majority of the respondents have not been tested for COVID-19 through Swab test or RT-PCR test (332 or 89.2 percent), Rapid Antibody test (22 or 94.1 percent), Saliva test (97.6 percent), and Rapid Antigen test

COVID-19 -RELATED PROFILE QUESTIONS FREQUENCY PERCENTAGE
9. Do you have someone in your household with conditions that make them high risk for severe

Table 3 . Extent of COVID-19 Impact to HH Heads.
What is about COVID-19 that makes you most worry?* That my other family members will be infected with COVID-19  That the COVID-19 pandemic will significantly affect my economic situations/finances  That I will get COVID-19  That my child/children will get COVID-19  That COVID-19 will cause more social inequity and instability  Not Applicable (Not at all worried)

Table 4c . Distribution of HH Respondents according to their COVID-19 Vaccine Response.
To protect me.2. To protect friends and family members who might be particularly vulnerable 3. To contribute to having the COVID-19 pandemic controlled and getting back to normal 4. To protect their children.5. To protect the health of people in my community 6.To protect elderly people in my HH

Mean Standard Deviation Verbal Interpretation 13
. I trust that the municipality where I live will provide accurate information about the safety of the COVID-19 vaccines, if they are made available.

Table 9 . Significant Relationship between COVID-19 Vaccination Response of HH Heads and Indepen- dent Variables.
3. COVID-19 has a high level of impact to HH heads of Pontevedra 4. Most of the HH heads in Pontevedra are COVID-19 Vaccine Confident 5. HH Head have a high level of social cohesion and trust during COVID-19.6. HH Heads are somewhat satisfied with the COVID-19 Control.7. HH heads is somewhat agree to receive COVID-19 Vaccination.8. Older respondents have higher COVID-19 Confidence scores compared to younger HH heads.Higher level of education attained have higher COVID-19 Confidence scores.Self-employed HH heads are COVID-19 vaccine hesitant

Table 10 . Stepwise discriminant summary of predictor variables.
International Journal of Empirical Research Methods Volume 1, Issue 2 , 116-137 DOI: 10.59762/ijerm205275791220231205141945 whereas other HH heads in other employment status were COVID 19 Vaccine Confident.HH Heads with higher family monthly income have higher COVID-19 Confidence scores 9.