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Table 2 The Relationship Between the Level of Trust in COVID-19 Information Sources and Attitudes towards Vaccine

From: Investigation of the relationships between perceived causes of COVID-19, attitudes towards vaccine and level of trust in information sources from the perspective of Infodemic: the case of Turkey

Do you trust social media?

Thinking of Getting COVID-19 Vaccine

X2

P

Yes (%)

No (%)

Undecided (%)

Very much

36.4

20.5

43.2

14.887

0.005*

Moderately

52.7

15.3

32.1

Not at all

58.8

17.5

23.7

Do you trust YouTube?

Yes (%)

No (%)

Undecided (%)

4.344

0.361

Very much

65.4

7.7

26.9

Moderately

54.0

15.0

31.0

Not at all

53.7

18.1

28.2

Do you trust WhatsApp?

Yes (%)

No (%)

Undecided (%)

4.462

0.347

Very much

58.3

20.8

20.8

Moderately

53.6

14.7

31.6

Not at all

54.3

17.4

28.4

Do you trust websites?

Yes (%)

No (%)

Undecided (%)

13.227

0.010*

Very much

64.0

12.4

23.6

Moderately

52.9

15.2

31.9

Not at all

55.0

21.6

23.4

Do you trust the newspapers?

Yes (%)

No (%)

Undecided (%)

9.597

0.047*

Very much

52.3

16.2

31.5

Moderately

56.5

14.2

29.3

Not at all

48.7

21.3

30.0

Do you trust TV?

Yes (%)

No (%)

Undecided (%)

49.64

0.000*

Very much

58.6

14.8

26.6

Moderately

56.3

12.1

31.6

Not at all

42.9

31.2

26.0

Do you trust friends / relatives?

Yes (%)

No (%)

Undecided (%)

10.778

0.029*

Very much

63.3

8.9

27.8

Moderately

51.1

16.8

32.1

Not at all

58.4

16.4

25.2

Do you trust government institutions?

Yes (%)

No (%)

Undecided (%)

72.931

0.000*

Very much

62.0

10.6

27.5

Moderately

50.7

16.2

33.1

Not at all

36.1

39.1

24.8

Do you trust healthcare professionals?

Yes (%)

No (%)

Undecided (%)

56.229

0.000*

Very much

60.3

11.9

27.8

Moderately

42.9

23.0

34.1

Not at all

31.0

40.5

28.6