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Jan
Confidence in Covid-19 Vaccine Ending the Pandemic.
Coyne Research conducted a survey amongst 1000 Irish adults aged 18+ and 750 adults aged 18+ in China and France around confidence in vaccines bringing an end to the Covid-19 pandemic in 2021 and uptake thereof.
The Research shows that nearly 2 in 5 Irish adults are feeling confident that the distribution of vaccines will bring an end to the Covid-19 pandemic in 2021. Chinese people are feeling a lot more confident than those in other countries surveyed that vaccines will end the pandemic. Approximately 7 in 10 Chinese adults feel confident of this versus only approximately 3 in 10 adults in France who are feeling confident (lowest level of confidence out of the three surveyed countries) that vaccines will end the pandemic.
Furthermore, in Ireland Males are feeling more confident that vaccines will end the pandemic than Females – the research showed that 44% of Males versus 33% of Females are feeling confident of this. The results also showed that older Baby Boomers are more optimistic with over 4 in 10 over the age of 55 years saying that they are confident that vaccines will end the pandemic in 2021.
However in China, it is Females who are feeling more confident than Males in the idea of vaccines bringing an end to the pandemic (76% of Females feeling confident versus 70% of Males who feel the same) with younger Gen Z’s less confident than other generational groups (68% of Chinese Gen Z’s feeling confident versus over 7 in 10 Millennials, Generation X’s and Baby Boomers who feel the same).
While in France where confidence levels are much lower (only 27% who feel confident in vaccines ending the pandemic), as in Ireland, it is Males who are feeling more confident in this idea than Females (35% of Males versus only 20% of Females who are feeling confident that vaccines will end the pandemic). 35-54 year old’s in France are less confident than other age groups with approximately 3 in 10 in this age group saying they are not confident that vaccines will end the pandemic versus approximately 2 in 10 in other age groups who feel this way.
In terms of how likely or not people are to take a vaccination if it was available to them, 6 in 10 Irish adults claim that they are likely to do so. Unsurprisingly, given their higher levels of confidence, it is older Irish Males who are more likely to take a vaccine (65% of adult Males versus only 54% of adult Females say they are likely to take a vaccine and nearly 7 in 10 in the older 55+ years and Baby Boomer groups say they are likely to take a vaccine).
Uptake likelihood is higher in China (unsurprising given their higher levels of confidence in vaccines ending the pandemic) where just over 8 in 10 adults claim that they would take a vaccination for Covid-19 if it was available to them. This is in comparison to France where claimed uptake of a vaccine is the lowest – only 3 in 10 French adults claim they are likely to take a vaccine, again unsurprising given low levels of French confidence in vaccines bringing an end to the pandemic in 2021. Uptake is unsurprisingly claimed to be higher in French Males who feel more confident in the vaccines (38% of Males likely to take a vaccine versus only 22% of likely Females). In France, as In Ireland, it is older Baby Boomers who are more likely to take a vaccine.
Those surveyed were also asked if the restrictions that had been put in place in their country during the Covid-19 pandemic had been justified and whether they were satisfied with how their country’s leaders had handled the Covid 19 pandemic. Approximately 2 in 3 Irish adults feel that the restrictions have been justified however Irish adults are not feeling overly satisfied with how the country’s leaders have handled the pandemic with only 47% in agreement that they are satisfied with how the pandemic has been handled. In China nearly all surveyed (over 9 in 10) agreed that the restrictions put in place in China had been justified, and felt satisfied with how their country’s leaders have handled the pandemic. In France this fell to just over half of all adults surveyed who felt that the restrictions put in place were justified and only 3 in 10 who agreed to being satisfied with how their country’s leaders have handled the pandemic.
Lastly, Coyne Research was eager to understand if those surveyed would be more or less likely to take a vaccine if it was developed in their own country versus being developed in another country. Only 3 in 10 Irish adults agreed that they would be more likely to take a vaccine if it was developed in Ireland and only 2 in 10 Irish adults agreed that they would be less likely to take a vaccine developed in another country. However in China most (over 8 in 10) agreed that they would be more likely to take a vaccine if it was developed in China. 3 in 10 in China agreed to be less likely to take a vaccine if it was developed in another country. In France where confidence in Covid-19 vaccines and likelihood of uptake are lower, nearly half of French adults surveyed in fact agreed that they would be more likely to take a vaccine if it was developed in France while just over 3 in 10 agreed to be less likely to take a vaccine if it was developed in another country.