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Coronavirus Vaccination: Level of Education Influences Willingness

Hungary Today 2021.11.15.

Gender, place of residency, and level of education all influence the willingness to be vaccinated against the coronavirus, according to a survey conducted by various Hungarian universities.

According to the poll’s findings, women have proven to be more inclined to receive the covid jab than men (70.7% to 66%).

In addition, a large difference was detected between people with primary and tertiary education. While 86% of those with a degree declared their willingness to be vaccinated, only 55.5% of those who only completed primary school claimed so.

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The survey of a representative sample of 78,000 respondents was carried out in May, with the leadership of the Semmelweis University (SOTE) and with the participation of the Pécs, Debrecen, Szeged, and Óbuda universities, partly funded by the Ministry of Innovation and Technology (ITM).

In terms of place of residency, those living in cities with county rights scored the highest, some 77.7% claimed they would want to receive the jab. In this comparison, Budapest came in second with three-quarters of the respondents having said so, while two-thirds of the respondents in smaller cities confirmed their eagerness to receive the jab.

Small town residents have proven to be the least enthusiastic, as only 62.5% of them claimed a willingness to be vaccinated.

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Moreover, the survey also found a significant increase in willingness during the pandemic’s second wave, according to the professor of Óbuda University’s economic faculty. Last year in November, only 17.2% of the respondents claimed their willingness, which eventually grew to 68.4% by May.

Featured photo illustration by Tibor Rosta/MTI


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