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Confidence in safety of Covid-19 vaccine rollout

Feb 2, 2021
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Q. How confident are you in each of the following?

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

  Total Gender Age Group Federal Voting Intention
  Male Female 18-34 35-54 55+ Labor TOTAL: Coalition Greens TOTAL: Other
Very confident 22% 24% 20% 18% 21% 27% 20% 29% 21% 22%
Fairly confident 50% 51% 49% 46% 48% 55% 51% 51% 46% 38%
Not that confident 15% 14% 15% 22% 16% 7% 17% 11% 19% 20%
Not confident at all 7% 6% 9% 8% 10% 4% 6% 6% 10% 14%
Unsure 6% 5% 8% 6% 6% 7% 6% 3% 3% 5%
TOTAL: Confident 72% 75% 69% 64% 69% 82% 71% 80% 67% 61%
TOTAL: Not confident 22% 21% 23% 31% 26% 11% 23% 17% 30% 34%
Base (n) 1,092 532 560 318 391 383 361 400 97 126
  • Reflecting confidence in the efficiency of the Covid-19 vaccine rollout, confidence it will be done safely is high overall as well. Again, those over 55 and Coalition voters have the most confidence in this (82% and 80% respectively).

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