Vaccine hesitancy in Hong Kong
91.6% of the vaccinated respondents had vaccinated family members while fewer unvaccinated respondents (71.8%) had vaccinated family members (p<0.05). In the unvaccinated group, the Acceptant group also had a lot of respondents (88.9%) whose family members were vaccinated. Fewer respondents in the Hesitant group had vaccinated family members, with just 67.8%. The percentage was even smaller in the Resistant group with only 62.5% (Figure 6a).
Figure 6a. Respondents in the vaccinated and unvaccinated groups whose family were vaccinated
(Q14) Are their family
Members Vaccinated?
Don’t know
Grand Total (100%)
Yes
No
Vaccine hesitancy Of respondents
❖
Unvaccinated
79 (71.82%)
31 (28.18%)
0
110
➢
No plan for vaccination
15 (62.50%)
9 (37.50%)
0
24
➢
Wait and see
40 (67.80%)
19 (32.20%)
0
59
➢
Will vaccinate in 3 months
24 (88.89%)
3 (11.11%)
0
27
❖
Vaccinated
120 (91.60%)
7 (5.34%)
4 (3.05%)
131
Grand Total
199 (82.57%)
38 (15.77%)
4 (1.66%)
241
Nonetheless, the data showed that not all vaccinated family members would support the respondents to be vaccinated. In our finding of whether the respondents’ family members support their decision to be vaccinated, 56.4% of our respondents said that their family members support their decision of vaccination when 82.57% of their family members were vaccinated. The following table demonstrates a positive correlation between the degree of acceptance to vaccine and support of vaccination from their family. Most vaccinated respondents (71.0%) received support from their family to be vaccinated. Fewer unvaccinated respondents (39.1%) had family’s support to be vaccinated (p<0.05). In the Unvaccinated Group, 29.17% of the Resistant group, 35.59% of the Hesitant group, and 55.56% of the Acceptant had family support to be vaccinated (Figure 6b).
Figure 6b. Respondents in the vaccinated and unvaccinated groups whose family member support their vaccination decision
(Q16) Are Family Members Supportive of you being Vaccinated?
Grand Total (100%)
Yes
No
Don’t know
Vaccine hesitancy Of respondents
❖
Unvaccinated
43 (39.09%)
64 (58.18%)
3 (2.73%)
110
➢
No plan for vaccination
7 (29.17%)
16 (66.67%)
1 (4.17%)
24
➢
Wait and see
21 (35.59%)
37 (62.71%)
1 (1.69%)
59
➢
Will vaccinate in 3 months
15 (55.56%)
11 (40.74%)
1 (3.70%)
27
❖
Vaccinated
93 (70.99%)
19 (14.50%)
19 (14.50%)
131
Grand Total
136 (56.43%)
83 (34.44%)
22 (9.13%)
241
Perceived susceptibility to COVID-19
172
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