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Table 3 Willingness to receive COVID-19 vaccine and trusted sources of information

From: Changes in prenatal care and vaccine willingness among pregnant women during the COVID-19 pandemic

Responsea

No. (weighted %)

Willingness to receive COVID-19 vaccine

 Extr. willing

70 (24.3)

 Willing

80 (35.9)

 Unwilling

47 (20.0)

 Extr. unwilling

31 (19.8)

Reasons unwilling to receive COVID-19 vaccineb

 Safety

40 (54.2)

 Effectiveness

38 (50.1)

 Long term health concern

29 (43.7)

 Conspiracy theory

21 (36.3)

 Do not want to be first

15 (22.7)

 Costs concerns

11 (12.8)

 Unnecessary

10 (16.7)

 Religious reasons

6 (7.1)

 Allergy

5 (6.9)

Most trusted source of information about vaccines

 CDC

48 (25.6)

 Religious groups

2 (1.6)

 Federal govt.

3 (1.4)

 State/local health dept.

23 (10.9)

 Social media

20 (9.1)

 News media

22 (8.2)

 Family

44 (17.7)

 Primary care doctor

60 (25.4)

  1. aMissing values: vaccine willingness (n = 5, 2.2%), info source (n = 11, 4.7%)
  2. bMultiple options allowed