Table 3 The willingness to receive the SARS-CoV-2 variant vaccine and the reasons

Being willing to be vaccinated and the reasons

(n = 60,964)

(n = 60,376)

(n = 43,591)

(n = 16,785)

(n = 588)

(n = 242)

(n = 346)

 The confidence in effectiveness of future vaccines

56,597 (92.8)

56,109 (92.9)

40,321 (92.5)

15,788 (94.1)

< 0.001

488 (83.0)

189 (78.1)

299 (86.4)

0.011

 The trust in authorities or vaccine producers

41,626 (68.3)

41,285 (68.4)

29,800 (68.4)

11,485 (68.4)

0.892

341 (58.0)

129 (53.3)

212 (61.3)

0.066

 The aim of protecting relatives and colleagues against the SARS-CoV-2 variant infection

16,188 (26.6)

16,038 (26.6)

11,751 (27.0)

4287 (25.5)

< 0.001

150 (25.5)

63 (26.0)

87 (25.1)

0.883

 Others

241 (0.4)

210 (0.3)

147 (0.3)

63 (0.4)

0.525

31 (5.3)

19 (7.9)

12 (3.5)

0.031

Being unwilling to be vaccinated and the reasons

(n = 1431)

(n = 1336)

(n = 1106)

(n = 230)

(n = 95)

(n = 76)

(n = 19)

 Skeptical about the effectiveness of the vaccine

507 (35.4)

490 (36.7)

440 (39.8)

50 (21.7)

< 0.001

17 (17.9)

14 (18.4)

3 (15.8)

1.000

 Lack of trust in authorities or vaccine producers

237 (16.6)

225 (16.8)

206 (18.6)

19 (8.3)

< 0.001

12 (12.6)

9 (11.8)

3 (15.8)

0.938

 Worried about the adverse effect of vaccine

1111 (77.6)

1074 (80.4)

886 (80.1)

188 (81.7)

0.634

37 (38.9)

30 (39.5)

7 (36.8)

1.000

 There is very little chance of developing severe illness or death if I suffer from a SARS-COV-2 infection. Thus, I don’t think it is necessary to get vaccinated

134 (9.4)

131 (9.8)

119 (10.8)

12 (5.2)

0.014

3 (3.2)

3 (3.9)

0 (0.0)

0.883

 I have little knowledge about the vaccine, and my relatives and friends advised me not to get vaccinated

132 (9.2)

126 (9.4)

106 (9.6)

20 (8.7)

0.768

5 (5.3)

4 (5.3)

1 (5.3)

1.000

 I have a series of contraindications for vaccination^a

211 (14.7)

130 (9.7)

97 (8.8)

33 (14.3)

0.013

81 (85.3)

63 (82.9)

18 (94.7)

0.347