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. 2023 Jun 23;19(2):2225990. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2023.2225990

Table 4.

Participants’ views on the need booster vaccine and booster vaccine-uptake.

Statement Response options N (%) Vaccine hesitancy score p-value* Multiple comparisons**
Would you recommend COVID−19 vaccines to your family, friends or relatives who have not received vaccine yet?

  1. Yes

  2. Unsure

  3. No

 460 (70.8)
112 (17.2)
78 (12.0)		 23.4 ± 5.9
2.1 ± 6.4
30.1 ± 7.1		 <.001 a > b (p = .035), a > c (p < .001), b > c (p < .001)
Do you think that booster doses are needed to have a continuous protection against COVID−19?

  1. Yes

  2. Unsure

  3. No

 233 (35.8)
240 (36.9)
177 (27.2)		 22.6 ± 5.9
23.8 ± 5.2
27.9 ± 7.6		 <.001 a > c (p < .001), b > c (p < .001)
Will you take booster doses of COVID−19, if it is recommended by the authorities?

  1. Yes

  2. Unsure

  3. No

 236 (36.6)
143 (22.0)
271 (41.7)		 23.1 ± 5.9
23.5 ± 5.5
26.3 ± 7.2		 <.001 a > c (p < .001), b > c (p < .001)

Note: *Welch ANOVA; **Games–Howell test.