Table A7.
More detailed reasons for non-vaccination by respondent age group
| 2022 | 2021 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52–59 | 60–69 | 70–79 | 80+ | 52–59 | 60–69 | 70–79 | 80+ | Self-reported reason for non-vaccination |
| n=147 | n=209 | n=264 | n=236 | n=517 | n=1060 | n=1153 | n=706 | |
| % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | |
| 5.4% | 9.6% | 6.8% | 8.5% | 9.5% | 5.4% | 5.6% | 3.4% | Side effect |
| 1.4% | 1.0% | 0.4% | 2.1% | 1.7% | 0.8% | 0.7% | 0.3% | Effectiveness concern |
| 0.7% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.3% | 0.0% | Vaccination is not free |
| 4.1% | 5.7% | 7.2% | 8.5% | 2.7% | 4.5% | 6.2% | 7.2% | Long travel to the vaccine clinic |
| 19.7% | 23.9% | 19.7% | 11.4% | 42.0% | 34.7% | 28.7% | 17.0% | Contraindications (2021) |
| Self-decision due to contraindications (2022) | ||||||||
| 40.8% | 40.7% | 34.1% | 23.3% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | Rejected due to contraindications (2022) |
| 2.7% | 0.0% | 0.8% | 1.3% | 1.5% | 1.7% | 1.2% | 0.6% | Concern of vaccine injection |
| 2.7% | 1.4% | 3.4% | 5.1% | 2.5% | 3.7% | 3.7% | 2.7% | Unaware of the clinic location to get vaccinated |
| 2.7% | 3.8% | 5.3% | 3.4% | 7.2% | 10.6% | 9.8% | 11.0% | No organized vaccination event in local communities |
| 3.4% | 6.2% | 6.1% | 8.9% | 4.3% | 7.2% | 8.7% | 11.8% | Never heard of the vaccine |
| 4.8% | 4.3% | 5.3% | 7.2% | 2.3% | 2.5% | 3.4% | 5.7% | Low mobility |
| 17.7% | 18.2% | 11.4% | 5.1% | 15.3% | 10.9% | 8.8% | 4.7% | Health conditions |
| 2.0% | 1.0% | 4.2% | 6.8% | 2.9% | 2.2% | 2.7% | 2.7% | Low chance of infection |
| 0.0% | 0.5% | 0.0% | 0.4% | 1.0% | 2.5% | 2.0% | 0.4% | Vaccination already scheduled, but not received yet |
| 1.4% | 0.0% | 1.9% | 0.0% | 7.2% | 4.4% | 1.3% | 0.7% | Being busy or absent |
| 0.7% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 2.5% | 3.1% | 1.4% | 1.4% | Waiting for a smaller queue |
| 7.5% | 3.3% | 3.4% | 3.4% | 3.1% | 2.9% | 3.5% | 3.3% | Frailty (not mentioning a specific condition) |
| 4.1% | 0.5% | 1.9% | 3.4% | 1.2% | 3.8% | 6.9% | 7.6% | Rejected (for any reason not listed above) |
| 0.0% | 0.0% | 2.7% | 14.0% | 0.6% | 7.0% | 14.7% | 23.8% | Being old (not mentioning health conditions or frailty) |
| 1.4% | 1.9% | 4.2% | 4.7% | 4.4% | 3.6% | 3.4% | 5.0% | Unwilling (for any reason not listed above) |
Note: The upper panel shows the ten reasons preset in the questionnaire. The lower panel shows the ten reasons categorized from open-ended answers provided by the respondents. The sum of shares can be greater than 100% because the interviewees may answer more than one category of reasons.