Correlates of COVID-19 vaccination intentions and opinions about mandates among four groups of adults in South Africa with distinct vaccine intentions: evidence from a large national survey

Table 3 Differences in trust and attitudes to mandates across vaccination intentions groups

		Do you intend to get vaccinated?				Kendall’s Tau	Sig
Intentions group:	All	As Soon as Possible	Wait and See	If Required	Definitely Not	Kendall’s Tau	Sig
How much do you trust information on COVID-19 from the government?						τ = -0.41	^***
A lot (%)	22.9	54.8	25.2	18.4	8.9
A little (%)	34.4	34.0	44.0	40.6	24.5
Not at all (%)	40.0	9.5	28.6	37.5	63.8
I don’t know (%)	2.7	1.7	2.1	3.4	2.8
How much do you support a mandate?						τ = = 0.35	^***
Strongly support (%)	11.2	32.5	10.6	6.6	4.1
Support (%)	13.6	26.9	16.0	14.9	4.8
Oppose (%)	23.2	18.1	26.6	23.8	23.9
Strongly oppose (%)	49.9	21.0	45.4	52.1	65.9
I don’t know (%)	2.1	1.5	1.4	2.5	1.3
How well will a mandate work?						τ = = 0.28	^***
Very well (%)	25.4	48.9	29.4	25.6	11.7
Fairly well (%)	22.3	23.6	25.1	25.8	17.7
Not at all well (%)	46.3	21.3	40.3	43.3	65.2
I don’t know (%)	6.0	6.2	5.3	5.4	5.3

Weighted descriptive statistics of beliefs relating to trust in government COVID-19 information, and mandates in the full sample, and 4 vaccination intentions groups. These are respondents who intend to get vaccinated: as soon as possible, to wait and see, to get vaccinated only if required to do so, or to definitely not get vaccinated. Tests of association between vaccination intentions and these beliefs are reported from Kendall’s Tau tests
Significance levels are reported as follows: ^* represents 0.01 < = p < 0.05, ^** represents 0.001 < = p < 0.01, ^*** represents p < 0.001. Authors’ own calculations. CVACS Survey 2

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