Flash Eurobarometer 505 (Attitudes on Vaccination against Covid-19, February 2022)

Attitudes on vaccination against COVID-19.<br>Topics: respondent has been vaccinated against COVID-19; preferred time for getting a booster dose; preferred time for getting vaccinated; importance of each of the following issues with regard to getting vaccinated: vaccine will help to end the pandemic, vaccine will protect respondent from severe forms of disease, vaccine will protect relatives and others from severe forms of disease, vaccine will make it possible to resume a more normal professional life, vaccine will make it possible to travel, vaccine will make it possible to meet family and friends, vaccine will make it possible to go to restaurants, cinemas etc.; importance of each of the following issues with regard to not getting vaccinated: pandemic will be over soon, personal risk of being infected is very low, risk posed by COVID-19 in general is exaggerated, worries about side effects of COVID-19 vaccines, vaccines have not been sufficiently tested yet, vaccines are ineffective, against vaccines in general; factors to increase personal willingness of getting vaccinated: more people around doing it, more people have already been vaccinated and we see that there are no major side-effects, people that recommend the vaccines are vaccinated themselves, doctor recommends respondent to do so, vaccines are developed in the European Union, full clarity on how vaccines are being developed, tested and authorized, respondent is very eager to get vaccinated or is already vaccinated, won’t get vaccinated anyway; attitude towards the following statements on the vaccines: benefits outweigh possible risks, vaccines authorised in the European Union are safe, vaccines are being developed, tested and authorised too quickly to be safe, vaccines could have long term side-effects that we do not know yet, a vaccine is the only way to end the pandemic, no understanding why people are reluctant to get vaccinated, serious diseases have disappeared thanks to vaccines; attitude towards the following statements: one can avoid being infected without being vaccinated, public authorities are not sufficiently transparent about COVID-19 vaccines, getting vaccinated against COVID-19 is a civic duty, vaccination should be compulsory, European Union is playing a key role in ensuring access to COVID-19 vaccines in the own country; attitude towards the following statements: difficult to find trustworthy information about COVID-19 and vaccines, good to vaccinate children against COVID-19, acceptable to restrict access to special events or places for people who refuse to get vaccinated, crucial that all countries in the world can have access to vaccine to end the pandemic; most trustworthy institutions or persons regarding the provision of information about COVID-19 vaccines; interest in additional information about the following aspects: development, testing, and authorization of COVID-19 vaccines, safety of COVID-19 vaccines, effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines, use of COVID-19 vaccines for specific groups of persons; satisfaction with the handling of the vaccination strategy by: national government, EU; applicability of the following statements: respondent knows people who have tested positive to COVID-19, respondent knows people who have been ill because of COVID-19, respondent has tested positive to COVID-19, respondent has been ill because of COVID-19, respondent fears to be infected in the future; vaccination of respondent: as a child, as an adult; attitude towards vaccines in general: are safe, are effective.

Demography: nationality; type of community; age; sex; age at end of education; occupation; professional position; household composition and household size; region.

Additionally coded was: respondent ID; country; device used for interview; nation group; weighting factor.