67% of Gyeonggi Province Residents "Concerned About COVID-19 Infection"

[Asia Economy (Suwon) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] A survey found that 67% of Gyeonggi Province residents are concerned about the possibility of being infected with COVID-19.

Gyeonggi Province announced on the 17th that, based on a COVID-19 related public opinion survey conducted on the 11th of this month targeting 1,000 residents aged 18 and older, 67% responded that there is a "possibility" that they or their family members could be infected with COVID-19.

This is the highest figure since the same survey was conducted in February 2020. In particular, it rose by 7 percentage points in just one month.

The percentage of respondents who gave the same answer to the same question was 57% in February 2020, 62% in January 2021, and 60% in July and November 2021.

Additionally, in the section asking about the necessity and willingness for adolescent COVID-19 vaccination, respondents’ perceptions varied depending on the target age group for vaccination.

Regarding high school students (aged 16 to 18), 87% of respondents thought vaccination was necessary; for 6th grade elementary to 3rd grade middle school students (aged 12 to 15), 75%; for 1st to 5th grade elementary students (aged 7 to 11), 62%; and for children aged 5 to 6, 41% believed vaccination was necessary.

Among respondents who were parents (273 people), when asked about their willingness to vaccinate their adolescent children, 90% of high school parents (118 people) responded positively (45% willing to vaccinate, 45% already completed basic vaccination), and 78% of parents of 6th grade elementary to 3rd grade middle school students (155 people) responded positively (55% willing to vaccinate, 23% already completed basic vaccination).

This survey was conducted by Gyeonggi Province through Case Stat Research via telephone interviews. The confidence level is 95% with a sampling error of ±3.1 percentage points.

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