SWS: Over 60% of Pinoys willing to get COVID-19 vaccine

Majority of Filipinos said they are willing to get the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine if available now, a survey conducted by the Social Weather Stations (SWS) showed Thursday.

According to the survey, 66 percent said they are willing to get the vaccine while 31 percent said they are unwilling.

The probability-based survey was conducted from September 17 to September 20 using mobile phone and computer-assisted telephone interviews of 1,249 adult Filipinos nationwide.  The survey was non-commissioned.

It has a sampling error of ±3% for national percentages, ±6% for Metro Manila, ±5% for Balance Luzon, ±6% for the Visayas, and ±6% for Mindanao.

The area estimates were weighted by the Philippine Statistics Authority medium-population projections for 2020 to obtain the national estimates.

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The SWS results showed that Filipinos were more willing to get the COVID-19 vaccine than they were willing to get Dengvaxia as a 2019 survey of the firm showed that 62 percent of Filipinos disagreed with the selling of Dengvaxia in the country.

Results also showed that more Filipinos in Mindanao were willing to take the vaccine at 73 percent. This was followed by Visayas with 69 percent, Metro Manila with 64 percent, and Balance Luzon with 61 percent.

Meanwhile, 71 percent of men were also found to be willing to get the vaccine, a higher figure compared to the 60 percent of women who agreed.

The survey also showed that 70 percent of Filipinos aged 25-years-old to 34-years-old are willing to take the vaccine, followed by 68 percent from Filipinos aged 18-years-old to 24-years-old, 65 percent from 45-years-old to 55-years-old, and 61 percent from 35-years-old to 44-years-old.

The SWS said that “willingness to get the Covid-19 vaccine does not significantly vary by education.”

Non-elementary graduates and high school graduates were the most willing to get the vaccine with 67 percent, followed by college graduates with 66 percent and elementary graduates with 49 percent.

President Rodrigo Duterte has approved recommendations for the Philippines to enter into advance supply agreements and provide early payments to COVID-19.—LDF, GMA News