Table 2.
Attitudes Towards COVID-19 Vaccination.
| Vaccinated/Planning to get vaccinated | Unvaccinated (Unsure/Don’t plan) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reasons | Older cohort | Younger cohort | Reasons | Older cohort | Younger cohort |
| % (n) | % (n) | % (n) | % (n) | ||
| 52.7 (89) | 83.1 (59) | 47.3 (80) | 16.9 (12) | ||
| To protect myself & others | 70.8 (63) | 66.1 (39) | Too soon | 30.0 (24) | 25.0 (3) |
| Work requirement | 13.5 (12) | 10.2 (6) | Unsafe/side effects | 18.8 (15) | 8.3 (1) |
| School requirement | – | 8.5 (5) | No trust in vaccines | 15.0 (12) | 8.3 (1) |
| Get back to normal life | 12.4 (11) | 15.3 (9) | No need/natural immunity | 13.8 (11) | 16.7 (2) |
| Vaccine availability | 6.7 (6) | 1.7 (1) | I don’t know | 8.8 (7) | 8.3 (1) |
| Being able to travel | 6.7 (6) | 5.1 (3) | Perceived ineffectiveness | 6.3 (5) | 8.3 (1) |
| I don’t know | 2.3 (2) | – | I don’t want to | 6.3 (5) | 8.3 (1) |
| Social pressure | 1.1 (1) | – | Conspiracy | 5.0 (4) | – |
| Conformity | 1.1 (1) | – | Medical reasons | 3.8 (3) | – |
| Doctor recommended | 1.1 (1) | – | Perceived unavailability | 3.8 (3) | – |
| Scared | 1.3 (1) | – | |||
| Forced choice | 1.3 (1) | ||||