Table 2.

Summary of the behavioral determinants of COVID-19 vaccination uncovered by qualitative descriptive analyses of 47 Yorktown, Virginia, Fleet Antiterrorism Security Team Marines’ 235 written reasons for why, in February 2021, they planned to decline the COVID-19 vaccine.

Determinant	Values (n=235), n (%)
Difficulty understanding health information	105 (44.7)
Perceived low susceptibility to COVID-19 and its severity	33 (14)
Concern over vaccine safety and potential side effects	29 (12.3)
Status quo bias may impact preventive pandemic behaviors	28 (11.9)
Distrust in health care	12 (5.1)
Social norms may influence attitudes and beliefs about vaccines	12 (5.1)
Believing in COVID-19 conspiracy theories	5 (2.1)
Other or unclear	11 (4.7)