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Confidence in effectiveness 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 effective at stopping Covid-19 within the country

  Total Gender Age Group Federal Voting Intention
  Male Female 18-34 35-54 55+ Labor TOTAL: Coalition Greens TOTAL: Other
Very confident 13% 18% 9% 13% 17% 10% 13% 17% 10% 14%
Fairly confident 44% 43% 45% 43% 42% 48% 47% 49% 47% 30%
Not that confident 23% 23% 23% 25% 22% 22% 25% 19% 21% 32%
Not confident at all 10% 9% 12% 11% 13% 7% 10% 7% 10% 17%
Unsure 9% 7% 11% 8% 7% 12% 6% 7% 13% 6%
TOTAL: Confident 58% 61% 54% 56% 58% 58% 59% 66% 57% 44%
TOTAL: Not confident 33% 32% 35% 36% 35% 30% 35% 26% 31% 49%
Base (n) 1,092 532 560 318 391 383 361 400 97 126
  • However, when it comes to confidence in the effectiveness of the Covid-19 vaccine rollout at stopping the spread within the country, Australians are more cautious. While over half (58%) are confident in this, over a third (33%) are not confident.
  • Coalition voters are the most optimistic with 66% confident in the effectiveness of the vaccine rollout, followed by 59% Labor voters, 57% Greens voters and 44% minor and independent party voters.
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