Table 2.
Rationale for vaccine hesitancy and resistance.
| Rationale for Vaccine Hesitance/Resistance | Hesitant (%) N = 1077 |
Resistant (%) N = 162 |
p Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Post-vaccine adverse health effect | 980 (90.9) | 110 (67.9) | 0.005 |
| Existing co-morbidities | 713 (66.2) | 92 (56.7) | 0.338 |
| Lack of clarity in vaccine | 607 (56.3) | 86 (53) | 0.01 |
| Prefer frontline COVID-19 workers to receive complete vaccination | 580 (53.8) | 82 (50.6) | 0.003 |
| Lack of trust in vaccine protection | 506 (46.9) | 52 (32) | 0.005 |
| Had recent exposure to COVID-19 through close contacts | 480 (44.5) | 31 (19.1) | 0.004 |
| Spread of rumors through social media | 50 (4.6) | 142 (87.6) | 0.216 |
| Scare of vaccine administration | 230 (21.3) | 28 (17.2) | <0.0001 |
| Prefer more concrete evidence on vaccine protection | 185 (17.1) | 26 (16) | <0.0001 |
| Short-time period to decide | 92 (8.5) | 22 (13.5) | <0.0001 |
| Want to wait for more effective vaccine | 52 (4.8) | 22 (13.5) | <0.0001 |