half of the population says they would get vaccinated against dengue

Almost half (48%) of the Brazilian population says they would get vaccinated against dengue if the vaccine were available. The data is from research PowerDate held from March 23 to 25, 2024.

According to the survey, 35% would not take a dose of the vaccine. Another 17% were unable to answer.

Immunization against dengue promoted by the SUS (Unified Health System) began in February this year and has distributed, to date, less than 1.5 million doses. The campaign’s target audience, for now, is only children and adolescents aged 10 to 14 and there is still no plan to include adults in the vaccination schedule.

The Qdenga vaccine, from the Japanese pharmaceutical company Takeda, was incorporated into the system by the Ministry of Health in December 2023, but the laboratory declared that it had restricted capacity to supply doses. Therefore, the Brazilian body chose to prioritize specific demographic groups.

The research was carried out by PowerDategroup company Poder360 Journalism, with its own resources. Data was collected from March 23 to 25, 2024, through calls to cell phones and landlines. There were 2,500 interviews in 202 municipalities in the 27 units of the Federation. The margin of error is 2 percentage points. The confidence interval is 95%.

To reach 2,500 interviews that proportionally fill (as they appear in society) the groups by sex, age, income, education and geographic location, the PowerDate makes tens of thousands of phone calls. Often, there are more than 100 thousand calls until interviewees are found that faithfully represent the population as a whole. Find out more about the methodology by reading this text.

INTENTION TO GET VACCINATED X GOVERNMENT APPROVAL

Vaccination is associated with sympathy for President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT). Among those who declare that they approve of the PT administration, 71% would take a dose of the vaccine if it were available to a wider age group. Among those who say they disapprove of the government, resistance is greater: 51% of the group would not be immunized.

Only 19% of those who approve of the president’s 3rd term say they would not get vaccinated.

STRATIFICATION

O Power360 stratifies the data by demographic groups (gender, age, region, education and income):

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METHODOLOGY

The search PowerDate was carried out from March 23 to 25, 2024. 2,500 people aged 16 or over were interviewed in 202 municipalities in the 27 units of the Federation. Parametric weighting was applied to compensate for disproportionalities in the variables of sex, age, level of education, region and income. The margin of error is 2 percentage points, plus or minus.

The interviews were carried out by telephone (for landlines and cell phones), using the URA system (Audible Response Unit), in which the interviewee listens to recorded questions and responds using the device’s keyboard. The study’s confidence interval is 95%.

To make reading easier, the search results have been rounded. Because of this process, it is possible that the sum of some of the results is different from 100. Differences between the total frequencies and percentages in variable crossing tables may appear due to non-response occurrences. This study was carried out with the company’s own resources. PowerDatea research company that is part of the media group Power360 Journalism.