Willingness to receive sars‐cov‐2 vaccination and associated factors among chinese adults: A cross sectional survey

Abstract

Vaccination is a key strategy to prevent the pandemic caused by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19). This study aims to investigate the willingness of Chinese adults to be vaccinated against COVID‐19 and further explore the factors that may affect their willingness. We used a self-design anonymous questionnaire to conduct an online survey via the Sojump. A total of 1009 valid questionnaires were analyzed. The age of the participants ranged from 18 to 74. Among them, 609 (60.4%, 95%CI: 57.4–63.4%) were willing to receive the severe acute respiratory syndrome corona-virus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2) vaccine. Logistic regression analysis results showed that the age of 30‐49 (OR = 2.042, 95%CI: 1.098–3.799), universities and colleges education (OR = 1.873, 95% CI = 1.016–3.451), master degree or above education (OR = 1.885, 95%CI = 1.367–2.599), previous influenza vaccination history (OR = 2.176, 95%CI: 1.474–3.211), trust in the effectiveness of the vaccine (OR = 6.419, 95%CI: 3.717–11.086), and close attention to the latest news of the vaccine (OR = 1.601, 95%CI: 1.046–2.449) were facilitative factors that affected their willingness to be vaccinated. More than half of the adults in China would be willing to receive a SARS‐CoV‐2 vaccine. Middle‐aged people with higher edu-cation, those who had been vaccinated against influenza, and those who believed that COVID‐19 vaccine was effective and paid close attention to it were more willing to be vaccinated. Our findings can provide reference for the implementation of vaccination and the prevention of COVID‐19 in China. More studies are needed after the vaccine is launched.