Table 7.
Rankings of reasons for COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among non-vaccinated respondents, sorted by health condition groups
| Reason endorsed a | Number of health condition/Rank |
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|---|---|---|---|
| No conditions (n = 82) | 1 ≥ 2 conditions (n = 58) | ≥3 conditions (n = 11) | |
| The vaccine might have dangerous side effects | 1st (75.6%) | 1st (60.3%) | 1st (72.7%) |
| I might be allergic to the vaccine | 2nd (51.2%) | 2nd (50.0%) | 2nd (36.4%) |
| The vaccine probably would not work | 3rd (32.9%) | 3rd (31.3%) | 3rd (18.2%) |
| I am at a low risk of infection | 4th (22.0%) | 5th (15.5%) | 4th (9.1%) |
| The vaccine is too expensive | 5th (12.2%) | 4th (17.2%) | 5th (0.0%) |
| I prefer developing immunity from infection than immunity through vaccination | 6th (9.8%) | 6th (10.3%) | 5th (0.0%) |
| If I became infected, I would not become seriously ill | 7th (8.5%) | 7th (5.2%) | 5th (0.0%) |
| I am healthy | 8th (7.3%) | 6th (10.3%) | 5th (0.0%) |
| I hate needles and injections | 9th (4.9%) | 7th (5.2%) | 3rd (18.2%) |
| I am already immune from a past COVID-19 infection | 10th (0.0%) | 8th (3.4%) | 5th (0.0%) |
aThe reasons why respondents hesitated to be vaccinated (n = 151), with one respondent giving more than one reason; Respondents hesitated to be vaccinated (n = 151) included “Somewhat Unlikely” and “extremely Unlikely”.