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. 2021 May 6;46(6):1090–1098. doi: 10.1007/s10900-021-00993-2

Table 3.

Percent of respondents who agreed that the factors would make her/him more likely to get a COVID-19 vaccine

Factor All,
N = 387
By response to COVID-19 vaccine Among people who said “no” or “not sure” to COVID-19 vaccine, stratified by the prior history of influenza vaccination
Yes,
N = 191
Not sure, N = 97 No, N = 99 All, N = 196 Every year or almost, N = 59 Some years,
N = 58
Never, N = 79
Studies show the vaccine prevents COVID-19 54.5 75.9 51.6 16.2 33.7 50.9 25.9 26.6
Studies show the vaccine lessens how sick people get from COVID-19 38.0 50.8 29.9 21.2 25.5 42.4 22.4 15.2
Studies show the vaccine is safe 62.8 74.9 71.1 31.3 51.0 69.5 46.6 40.5
My personal health care provider says to get the vaccine 22.7 30.9 17.5 12.1 14.8 28.8 15.5 3.8
Experts say to get the vaccine 30.8 49.2 19.6 6.1 12.8 10.2 20.7 8.9
The media or social media sites that I read say to get the vaccine 3.4 6.3 0 1.0 0.5 0.0 1.7 0.0
Family, co-workers, or friends say to get the vaccine 12.7 17.8 10.3 5.1 7.7 8.5 10.3 5.1
If I am in a group that has a higher chance of getting sick from COVID-19 20.5 29.8 18.6 4.0 11.2 17.0 6.9 10.1
If it was easy to get the vaccine 25.8 41.4 17.5 4.0 10.7 11.9 6.9 12.7
Some other reason that is not listed 8.3 5.2 10.3 12.1 11.2 15.3 8.6 10.1
Nothing 13.7 2.1 13.4 36.4 25.0 8.5 19.0 41.8