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2021-09-29
Should Vaccination Be Compulsory?
According to over half of the people surveyed vaccination for Covid-19 should be completely voluntary. Three out of ten respondents were of the opinion that it should be compulsory for everyone, while a relatively small number thought it should be compulsory only for particular groups of people.
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The groups most frequently chosen for compulsory vaccination were health service workers (95%), residential care workers (87%) and teachers (82%). Also frequently mentioned in this context were the uniformed services (police, armed forces, fire service, prison service, border guard and others) (76%), while retail and service workers were mentioned slightly less frequently (58% and 52% respectively). A small number of respondents also indicated other groups, including the elderly, administrative workers, priests and, generally, those coming into contact with many people (19% in total).
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More on this subject in the CBOS report.
This ‘Current Events and Problems’ survey (375) was conducted using a mixed-mode procedure on a representative sample of named adult residents of Poland, randomly selected from the National Identity Number (PESEL) register.
Respondents independently selected one of the following methods:
– Computer Assisted Personal Interview (CAPI);
– Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI), respondents receiving researchers’ telephone numbers in an introductory letter from CBOS;
– Computer Assisted Web Interview (CAWI), where respondents filled in the online questionnaire independently, gaining access by means of a login and password provided in an introductory letter from CBOS.
– Computer Assisted Personal Interview (CAPI);
– Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI), respondents receiving researchers’ telephone numbers in an introductory letter from CBOS;
– Computer Assisted Web Interview (CAWI), where respondents filled in the online questionnaire independently, gaining access by means of a login and password provided in an introductory letter from CBOS.
In all three cases the questionnaire had the same structure and comprised the same questions. The survey was carried out between 16 – 26 August 2021 inclusive on a sample of 1167 people (62.4% using the CAPI method, 23.5% CATI and 14.1% CAWI).
CBOS has been conducting statutory research using the above procedure since May 2020, stating in each case the percentage of personal, telephone and internet interviews.
