Table 2 Evaluation of the safety, effectiveness and usefulness of vaccination as a function of perceived relative vulnerability and perceived control (N = 1763)

Effectiveness (possibility to contract the infection after vaccination – % yes)

39

42

39

38

36^a

45^b

50^b

Safety (side-effects of vaccination – % yes)

12

13

11

11

10^a

19^b

13^a

Usefulness of vaccination

- Campaign reassuring¹

1.5

1.4

1.2^a

1.7^b

1.5^a

2.0^b

1.7

- Campaign beneficial¹

1.1

1.0

0.8^a

1.2^b

1.1^a

1.8^b

1.1^a

- Campaign self-evident¹

2.5

1.8^a

2.0^a

2.8^b

2.3^a

3.5^b

2.9