BPS Survey: Most People Get COVID-19 Vaccine Due to Personal Awareness

COVID-19 vaccination became the Indonesian government's main program in handling the COVID-19 pandemic. According to a survey by the Central Statistics Agency (BPS), the majority of the population (77.5%) stated they participated in the COVID-19 vaccination program due to personal awareness.

The second reason for participating in the COVID-19 vaccination program was because it was mandated/required by their workplace/supervisor/government (13.6%).

However, a small percentage of the population (0.3%) participated in the COVID-19 vaccination program simply because they followed others.

Furthermore, a portion of the population (28.7%) has not yet been vaccinated due to concerns about side effects or distrust in the vaccine's effectiveness.

The difference in the percentage of the population who have not been vaccinated and are unwilling to be vaccinated due to concerns about side effects or distrust in the vaccine's effectiveness is relatively small according to region and age, while it is relatively large according to gender and education level.

This survey involved 254,817 respondents aged 17 and over throughout Indonesia. The survey was conducted from February 16-25, 2022, using a non-probability snowball sampling design.

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