Study Finds Women and Elderly More Likely to Be Vaccine-Hesitant

Women and the elderly show higher levels of vaccine hesitancy, as per a study analyzing data from over 1.1 million individuals. The research, published in The Lancet, reveals that concerns about vaccine efficacy contribute to this hesitancy, which although decreasing over time, remains prevalent in certain groups.
Researchers from Imperial College London, UK, discovered that older individuals, women, unemployed persons, those in deprived areas, individuals with prior Covid history, and those with lower education levels were more inclined to remain unvaccinated.
The study identified eight categories of vaccine hesitancy, encompassing worries about effectiveness, side effects, low perceived Covid risk, distrust of vaccine developers, and fear of vaccine-related issues.