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Willingness to get vaccinated against Covid-19 and attitudes toward vaccination in general
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Abstract
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| Background: High uptake of Covid-19 vaccination is required to reach herd immunity. Methods: A representative sample of 2,060 Belgians were surveyed in October 2020. Regression analyses identified the predictors associated with willingness to get vaccinated against Covid-19, and attitudes toward vaccination in general. Results: 34% of the participants reported that they will definitely get vaccinated against Covid-19 and 39% that they would "probably". Intended uptake was strongly associated with age, opinion on the government's dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic, medical risk, spoken language, gender, and to a lesser extent with having known someone who was hospitalised because of Covid-19. Similar predictors were identified for attitudes to vaccination in general. Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy was more marked in age groups below 54 years old. We further analysed a sample of 17% (N = 349) found favourable to vaccination in general but not willing to be vaccinated against Covid-19. They were mainly female, young, French speaking, slightly less educated, working, and did not belong to a Covid-19 risk group. They were very dissatisfied with the government's dealing with the pandemic, and did not know someone who was hospitalised because of Covid-19. Conclusions: Vaccine hesitancy was higher for Covid-19 vaccines than for other vaccines. The part of the population being convinced of the utility of vaccination in general but hesitant about the Covid-19 vaccine is a primary interest group for tailored communication campaigns in order to reach the vaccine coverage needed for herd immunity. (c) 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
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Language
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English
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Source (journal)
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Vaccine / International Society for Vaccines. - Amsterdam
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Publication
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Amsterdam
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2021
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ISSN
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0264-410X
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DOI
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10.1016/J.VACCINE.2021.05.069
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Volume/pages
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39
:33
(2021)
, p. 4716-4722
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ISI
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000681356500017
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Pubmed ID
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34119349
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Full text (open access)
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