Table 3. Reasons for COVID-19 vaccination hesitancy.
| Reasons for COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy | COVID-19 vaccine willingness | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total (N = 2,007) | Yes | No | P value | ||||
| N | % | N | % | ||||
| I am not worried about getting COVID-19 | <0.001 | ||||||
| No | 1,889 | 94.1% | 1,777 | 96.31% | 112 | 69.14% | |
| Yes | 118 | 5.9% | 68 | 3.69% | 50 | 30.86% | |
| Vaccines are still questionably safe | <0.001 | ||||||
| No | 1,778 | 88.6% | 1,694 | 91.82% | 84 | 51.85% | |
| Yes | 229 | 11.4% | 151 | 8.18% | 48 | 48.15% | |
| Vaccines are expensive | 0.607 | ||||||
| No | 1,912 | 95.3% | 1,759 | 95.34% | 153 | 94.44% | |
| Yes | 95 | 4.7% | 86 | 4.66% | 9 | 5.56% | |
| Not enough information about COVID vaccine | <0.001 | ||||||
| No | 1,552 | 77.3% | 1,514 | 82.06% | 38 | 23.46% | |
| Yes | 455 | 22.7% | 331 | 17.94% | 124 | 76.54% | |
| Already received too many vaccines | <0.001 | ||||||
| No | 1,988 | 99.1% | 1,835 | 99.46% | 153 | 94.44% | |
| Yes | 19 | 0.9% | 10 | 54.00% | 9 | 5.56% | |
| Vaccines can have negative side effects | <0.001 | ||||||
| No | 1,625 | 81.0% | 1,546 | 83.79% | 79 | 48.77% | |
| Yes | 382 | 19.0% | 299 | 16.21% | 83 | 51.23% | |
| Vaccines have needles, which can be painful and/or scary | 0.299 | ||||||
| No | 1,947 | 97.0% | 1,792 | 97.13% | 155 | 95.68% | |
| Yes | 60 | 3.0% | 53 | 2.87% | 7 | 4.32% | |
| Vaccines are part of a government program, and I am suspicious of the government | <0.001 | ||||||
| No | 1,908 | 95.1% | 1,811 | 98.16% | 97 | 59.88% | |
| Yes | 99 | 4.9% | 34 | 1.84% | 65 | 40.12% | |
Key: N = number in the sample, IQR = Interquartile Range (25%-75%), P-values obtained either by Chi-Square or Kruskal-Wallis tests of significance.