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Confidence in efficiency of Covid-19 vaccine rollout

2 Feb 2021

Q. How confident are you in each of the following?

That the rollout of vaccinations against Covid-19 in Australia will be done efficiently

  Total Gender Age Group Federal Voting Intention
  Male Female 18-34 35-54 55+ Labor TOTAL: Coalition Greens TOTAL: Other
Very confident 19% 23% 16% 16% 21% 20% 15% 29% 18% 16%
Fairly confident 48% 45% 51% 44% 47% 53% 50% 49% 48% 48%
Not that confident 19% 21% 17% 27% 16% 16% 22% 14% 22% 21%
Not confident at all 7% 7% 7% 7% 9% 5% 7% 5% 8% 13%
Unsure 6% 4% 8% 6% 7% 6% 6% 4% 3% 2%
TOTAL: Confident 68% 68% 67% 60% 68% 73% 65% 78% 66% 64%
TOTAL: Not confident 26% 28% 25% 34% 25% 21% 29% 18% 30% 34%
Base (n) 1,092 532 560 318 391 383 361 400 97 126
  • While confidence in the efficiency of the Covid-19 rollout is relatively high across all demographics, those who are older are more confident than younger cohorts (73% of those over 55 are confident, followed by 68% those 35-54 and 60% those 18-34).
  • Out of all voters, Coalition voters are the most confident that the vaccine rollout will be efficient, with 78% who are confident and of this, nearly a third (29%) who are very confident.
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