Table 2 Differences in vaccination beliefs and attitudes across vaccination intention groups
Do you intend to get vaccinated? | Z or χ2 | Sig | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Intentions group: | All | As Soon as Possible | Wait and See | If Required | Definitely Not | ||
Percentage of sample | 100 | 18.8 | 19.7 | 24.6 | 36.9 | ||
Number of observations | 3608 | 680 | 712 | 828 | 1294 | ||
Will you be vaccinated by May? | χ2 = 661 | *** | |||||
Yes (%) | 29.0 | 77.4 | 31.6 | 25.3 | 4.5 | ||
No (%) | 55.8 | 11.5 | 40.8 | 58.5 | 85.7 | ||
I don’t know (%) | 14.5 | 9.8 | 26.7 | 15.7 | 9.1 | ||
I will get very sick with COVID-19 this year: | χ2 = 126 | *** | |||||
Yes (%) | 8.0 | 20.2 | 7.4 | 6.6 | 3.3 | ||
No (%) | 74.2 | 54.7 | 70.9 | 76.6 | 85.4 | ||
I don’t know (%) | 17.8 | 25.1 | 21.6 | 16.8 | 11.2 | ||
Vaccine Efficacy and Safety | |||||||
The vaccine will stop me dying from COVID-19: | χ2 = 494 | *** | |||||
Yes (%) | 31.5 | 72.0 | 36.7 | 28.5 | 11.2 | ||
No (%) | 61.0 | 22.7 | 52.2 | 64.2 | 83.7 | ||
I don’t know (%) | 7.5 | 5.3 | 11.1 | 7.3 | 5.2 | ||
I believe the vaccine can kill you: | χ2 = 163 | *** | |||||
Yes (%) | 28.1 | 12.2 | 19.4 | 29.1 | 41.3 | ||
It might (%) | 29.7 | 25.2 | 36.1 | 32.6 | 26.2 | ||
No (%) | 33.5 | 57.3 | 36.2 | 31.6 | 21.8 | ||
I don’t know (%) | 8.7 | 5.3 | 8.3 | 6.8 | 10.7 | ||
The vaccine will harm or keep people healthy: | χ2 = 171 | *** | |||||
Healthy (%) | 30.6 | 70.6 | 33.4 | 25.0 | 12.9 | ||
Neither (%) | 12.7 | 8.0 | 16.9 | 13.9 | 12.2 | ||
It will harm (%) | 40.4 | 12.7 | 30.9 | 41.8 | 60.3 | ||
I don’t know (%) | 16.4 | 8.6 | 18.9 | 19.4 | 14.6 | ||
The vaccine is safe for the babies of pregnant/breastfeeding mothers: | χ2 = 123 | *** | |||||
Yes (%) | 21.8 | 43.8 | 25.8 | 17.7 | 10.7 | ||
No (%) | 56.1 | 33.0 | 49.5 | 59.6 | 70.6 | ||
I don’t know (%) | 22.1 | 23.2 | 24.8 | 22.7 | 18.7 | ||
The vaccine is safe for chronic illness: | χ2 = 92 | *** | |||||
Yes (%) | 25.2 | 51.6 | 25.2 | 24.8 | 11.3 | ||
No (%) | 52.8 | 28.2 | 48.2 | 57.1 | 66.0 | ||
I don’t know (%) | 22.1 | 20.2 | 26.6 | 18.1 | 22.7 | ||
Socio-economic status & chronic illness | |||||||
Household income > = R5000 (%) | 47.4 | 35.9 | 40.8 | 51.3 | 55.8 | Z = -11.3 | *** |
Has a chronic condition (%) | 21.5 | 22.3 | 26.2 | 21.3 | 19.0 | Z = 2.0 | * |
Percent responding yes to each potential reason why the respondent is unvaccinated | |||||||
God or the ancestors will protect me (%) | 51.7 | 39.6 | 52.1 | 54.6 | 54.9 | Z = -5.5 | *** |
Vaccination site is too far away (%) | 15.8 | 31.7 | 19.0 | 15.5 | 6.7 | Z = 15.0 | *** |
My body is strong enough to fight the disease (%) | 64.6 | 49.0 | 62.3 | 68.2 | 72.9 | Z = -13.5 | *** |
My religious leader is against the vaccine (%) | 8.7 | 7.9 | 8.7 | 7.7 | 9.9 | Z = -1.6 | |
No time to go get vaccinated (%) | 22.7 | 46.4 | 26.9 | 22.7 | 8.0 | Z = 18.6 | *** |
My risk of being infected is very low (%) | 48.7 | 36.3 | 46.7 | 52.3 | 54.7 | Z = -5.5 | *** |