Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
. 2021 Jun 3;17(6):1612-1621.
doi: 10.1080/21645515.2020.1846397. Epub 2020 Nov 26.

COVID-19 vaccination intention in the UK: results from the COVID-19 vaccination acceptability study (CoVAccS), a nationally representative cross-sectional survey

Susan M Sherman  1 , Louise E Smith  2   3 , Julius Sim  4 , Richard Amlôt  3   5 , Megan Cutts  1 , Hannah Dasch  2   6 , G James Rubin  2   3 , Nick Sevdalis  2   6
Affiliations

COVID-19 vaccination intention in the UK: results from the COVID-19 vaccination acceptability study (CoVAccS), a nationally representative cross-sectional survey

Susan M Sherman et al. Hum Vaccin Immunother. .

Abstract

To investigate factors associated with intention to be vaccinated against COVID-19 we conducted a cross-sectional survey of 1,500 UK adults, recruited from an existing online research panel. Data were collected between 14th and 17th July 2020. We used linear regression analyses to investigate associations between intention to be vaccinated for COVID-19 "when a vaccine becomes available to you" and sociodemographic factors, previous influenza vaccination, general vaccine attitudes and beliefs, attitudes and beliefs about COVID-19, and attitudes and beliefs about a COVID-19 vaccination. 64% of participants reported being very likely to be vaccinated against COVID-19, 27% were unsure, and 9% reported being very unlikely to be vaccinated. Personal and clinical characteristics, previous influenza vaccination, general vaccination beliefs, and beliefs and attitudes about COVID-19 and a COVID-19 vaccination explained 76% of the variance in vaccination intention. Intention to be vaccinated was associated with more positive general COVID-19 vaccination beliefs and attitudes, weaker beliefs that the vaccination would cause side effects or be unsafe, greater perceived information sufficiency to make an informed decision about COVID-19 vaccination, greater perceived risk of COVID-19 to others (but not risk to oneself), older age, and having been vaccinated for influenza last winter (2019/20). Despite uncertainty around the details of a COVID-19 vaccination, most participants reported intending to be vaccinated for COVID-19. Actual uptake may be lower. Vaccination intention reflects general vaccine beliefs and attitudes. Campaigns and messaging about a COVID-19 vaccination could consider emphasizing the risk of COVID-19 to others and necessity for everyone to be vaccinated.

Keywords: COVID-19; Hesitancy; attitudes; barriers; beliefs; vaccine.

PubMed Disclaimer

Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Perceived likelihood of having a vaccination (0 = “extremely unlikely” to 10 = “extremely likely”). The figure also shows cutpoints that we used to categorize respondents in terms of their vaccination intention (into three categories of very unlikely, uncertain, and very likely to be vaccinated)
See this image and copyright information in PMC

References

    1. HM Government . Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the UK. 2020. [cited 2020 October2]. Available from: https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/on
    1. HM Government . Our plan to rebuild: the UK Government’s COVID-19 recovery strategy. 2020. [accessed 2020 Aug 10]. Available from: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploa....
    1. Zhu F-C, Guan X-H, Li Y-H, Huang J-Y, Jiang T, Hou L-H, et al. Immunogenicity and safety of a recombinant adenovirus type-5-vectored COVID-19 vaccine in healthy adults aged 18 years or older: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 2 trial. Lancet. 2020;396(10249):479–88. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31605-6. - DOI - PMC - PubMed
    1. Folegatti PM, Ewer KJ, Aley PK, Angus B, Becker S, Belij-Rammerstorfer S, Bellamy D, Bibi S, Bittaye M, Clutterbuck EA, et al. Safety and immunogenicity of the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine against SARS-CoV-2: a preliminary report of a phase 1/2, single-blind, randomised controlled trial. Lancet. 2020;396:467–78. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31604-4. - DOI - PMC - PubMed
    1. Janz NK, Becker MH.. The health belief model: a decade later. Health Educ Q. 1984;11(1):1–47. doi: 10.1177/109019818401100101. - DOI - PubMed

Publication types