Table 1 Mistrust of the government’s vaccination recommendations and demographic variables in the working-age population of Japan (N=3,140)
n | (%) | |
|---|---|---|
Age range (years) | ||
20-29 | 630 | (20.1) |
30-39 | 627 | (20.0) |
40-49 | 632 | (20.1) |
50-59 | 626 | (19.9) |
60-69 | 625 | (19.9) |
Gender | ||
Male | 1,571 | (50.0) |
Female | 1,569 | (50.0) |
Most trusted information source on vaccination | ||
Health care workers | 1,385 | (44.1) |
Information from the government | 285 | (9.1) |
Family | 267 | (8.5) |
Friends | 50 | (1.6) |
Television | 180 | (5.7) |
Newspapers | 91 | (2.9) |
The Internet | 78 | (2.5) |
Books | 30 | (1.0) |
Nothing in particular | 774 | (24.6) |
General health status | ||
Good health | 874 | (27.8) |
Relatively good health | 1,724 | (54.9) |
Relatively poor health | 424 | (13.5) |
Poor health | 118 | (3.8) |
Smoking status | ||
Never smoked | 682 | (21.7) |
Ex-Smoker | 1,869 | (59.5) |
Current smoker | 589 | (18.8) |
Education level | ||
High school or lower | 945 | (30.1) |
College or vocational school | 792 | (25.2) |
University level or higher | 1,403 | (44.7) |
Do you trust the government’s recommendations about vaccination? | ||
No (Mistrust) | 145 | (4.6) |
Not very much (Mistrust) | 748 | (23.8) |
Mostly (Trust) | 2,061 | (65.6) |
Yes, certainly (Trust) | 186 | (5.9) |