Covid Vaccine hesitancy has fallen amongst young people accordin to figures released today by the ONS.
In the latest period, 23 June to 18 July 2021,Vaccine hesitancy appeared to have decreased slightly among the youngest age groups compared with the previous period; vaccine hesitancy was 11% among those aged 16 to 17 years (14% in the previous period), 5% among those aged 18 to 21 years (9% in the previous period) and 9% among those aged 22 to 25 years.
Overall more than 9 in 10 (96%) adults reported positive sentiment towards the vaccine, while 4% reported vaccine hesitancy; this was the same as in the previous period.
Black or Black British adults had the highest rates of vaccine hesitancy (21%) compared with White adults (4%).
Vaccine hesitancy was higher for adults identifying Muslim (14%) or Other (14%) as their religion1, compared with adults who identify as Christian (4%); however, there was no statistically significant difference when compared with any of the remaining religious groups.
