In December 2020, around 30 percent of U.S. adults aged 18 and older who reported they did not intend to get vaccinated against COVID-19 said this was due to concerns about its side effects and safety. This statistic shows the percentage of U.S. adults who stated they are not likely to get a COVID-19 vaccination who gave select reasons for their decision as of December 2020.
Percentage of U.S. adults who stated they are not likely to get a COVID-19 vaccination who gave select reasons for their decision as of December 2020*
Characteristic
Percentage of respondents
Concern about the side effects and safety of the vaccine
29.8%
Plan to wait and see if it is safe and may get it later
14.5%
Don’t trust the government
12.5%
Concern that the vaccine is being developed too quickly
10.4%
Don’t like vaccines
5.4%
Plan to use masks/other precautions instead
3.7%
Not a member of any group that is at high risk for COVID-19
3.5%
Don’t like needles
3%
The vaccine could give me COVID-19
2.3%
Had COVID-19 and should be immune
2.2%
COVID-19 is not a serious illness
1.9%
Didn’t know I needed a vaccine against COVID-19
0.4%
Concern about the costs associated with the vaccine (such as office visit costs or vaccine administration fees)
0.2%
The vaccine will not work
0%
Doctor has not recommended a COVID-19 vaccine to me
* This statistic represents the average of two surveys from IPSOS and NORC. IPSOS KnowledgePanel Omnibus Survey was fielded December 18–20 among 1,005 adults. NORC AmeriSpeak Omnibus Survey was fielded December 18–20 among 1,028 adults.
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CDC. (February 12, 2021). Percentage of U.S. adults who stated they are not likely to get a COVID-19 vaccination who gave select reasons for their decision as of December 2020* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1211925/reasons-for-not-intending-to-get-covid-vaccination-among-us-adults/
CDC. "Percentage of U.S. adults who stated they are not likely to get a COVID-19 vaccination who gave select reasons for their decision as of December 2020*." Chart. February 12, 2021. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1211925/reasons-for-not-intending-to-get-covid-vaccination-among-us-adults/
CDC. (2021). Percentage of U.S. adults who stated they are not likely to get a COVID-19 vaccination who gave select reasons for their decision as of December 2020*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1211925/reasons-for-not-intending-to-get-covid-vaccination-among-us-adults/
CDC. "Percentage of U.S. Adults Who Stated They Are Not Likely to Get a Covid-19 Vaccination Who Gave Select Reasons for Their Decision as of December 2020*." Statista, Statista Inc., 12 Feb 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1211925/reasons-for-not-intending-to-get-covid-vaccination-among-us-adults/
CDC, Percentage of U.S. adults who stated they are not likely to get a COVID-19 vaccination who gave select reasons for their decision as of December 2020* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1211925/reasons-for-not-intending-to-get-covid-vaccination-among-us-adults/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Percentage of U.S. adults who stated they are not likely to get a COVID-19 vaccination who gave select reasons for their decision as of December 2020* [Graph], CDC, February 12, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1211925/reasons-for-not-intending-to-get-covid-vaccination-among-us-adults/
