{"id":518978,"date":"2021-09-07T11:02:20","date_gmt":"2021-09-07T09:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=518978"},"modified":"2021-09-07T11:02:20","modified_gmt":"2021-09-07T09:02:20","slug":"heres-who-is-still-opposed-to-getting-a-covid-19-jab-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/trending\/518978\/heres-who-is-still-opposed-to-getting-a-covid-19-jab-in-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Here’s who is still opposed to getting a Covid-19 jab in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"

In partnership with the Government Communication and Information System (GCIS) and the Solidarity Fund, Ask Afrika has published new research on vaccine willingness in South Africa.<\/p>\n

The data shows that nearly two in three South Africans (62%) are willing to get vaccinated.<\/p>\n

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However, when looking at the different age demographics, older South Africans and pensioners are typically more willing to get a vaccine than younger South Africans.<\/p>\n

65% of people over the age of 60 said they are willing to get a vaccine, while 63% between the ages of 50 and 59 say they will get the jab.<\/p>\n

By comparison, just 54% of South Africans between 18-24 say they are willing to get the vaccine.<\/p>\n

The data also shows a difference in South Africa’s different community groups, with the Indian and Asian South Africans most willing to be vaccinated (71%), followed by black South Africans (64%), white South Africans (53%), and coloured South Africans the least willing (45%).<\/p>\n