53% of NDI respondents say they will not get vaccinated against coronavirus

According to a poll conducted by the National Democratic Institute (NDI), most respondents will not get vaccinated against coronavirus.

When asked if they would get vaccinated against coronavirus, 53% of respondents said they would not. 35% said they would, while 12% said they did not know.

In addition, women and citizens under the age of 55 are more skeptical about vaccination than others. Those who say they will not get vaccinated cite distrust of vaccine quality (48 percent) and the belief that they can overcome the pandemic without vaccination (20 percent).

Citizens receive information about Covid-19 mostly from television (60 percent) or online (35 percent), while in terms of information reliability, they more trust medical workers (74 percent) and the National Center for Disease Control (68 percent).

The results reflect data collected between February 17-24, through telephone interviews with a nationwide representative sample of Georgia’s adult population, excluding occupied territories, that included 2,024 completed interviews. The average margin of error is +/- 1.4 percent. Respondents were selected using the random-digit-dial method.

NDI’s survey work is funded by UK aid from the British people. The poll was carried out by CRRC Georgia.