Table 5 Reasons for COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in NWS according to the participants of the second sub-sample
From: Individual and social determinants of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and uptake in Northwest Syria
| Â | Responses | Percent of Cases | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
N | Percent | |||
Hesitancy reasons | Low subjective risk and carelessness | 86 | 28.8% | 36.0% |
Health concerns and fear of side effects | 73 | 24.4% | 30.5% | |
Disinformation and rumors | 46 | 15.4% | 19.2% | |
Distrust or mistrust | 39 | 13.0% | 16.3% | |
Conspiracy theory | 29 | 9.7% | 12.1% | |
Ignorance or lack of information about the disease, the vaccine, or the existence of vaccination campaigns | 16 | 5.4% | 6.7% | |
Poor socioeconomic conditions | 7 | 2.3% | 2.9% | |
Spiritual and religious beliefs | 2 | 0.7% | 0.8% | |
Social norms | 1 | 0.3% | 0.4% | |
Total | 299 | 100.0% | 125.1% | |