PPIM UIN Survey: There Are Still Students Thinking Vaccination Is Contrary To Religion

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JAKARTA - A national survey by the Center for the Study of Islam and Society at Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University (PPIM UIN) shows that there is still a large proportion of students who think that vaccination is against religious teachings.

"What we also need to pay attention to is that it turns out that students think vaccination is against religion, 12.88 percent nationally," said PPIM UIN Jakarta researcher Narila Mutia Nasir in the presentation of the 2022 National Survey Results quoted by Antara, Wednesday, January 5.

The national survey was conducted by analyzing the answers of 2,358 students who passed the attention check from high school and equivalent under the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology (Kemendikbudiristek) and the Ministry of Religion (Kemenag) in 34 provinces.

When the survey was conducted in the period September 1-7 October 2021, at that time there were 52.58 percent of student respondents at the upper secondary level who had not vaccinated against COVID-19.

The survey also found 12.88 percent of respondents think vaccination is against religion. 14.8 percent of student respondents who are in Kemendikbudristek schools believe this and 21.95 percent for respondents from schools under the Ministry of Religion.

"We need to make this an approach for us to do promotions if we want to increase vaccination efforts," Narila said.

This factor is important, because the survey found that the level of trust with religious leaders is still high among students, with 73.19 percent for national religious leaders and 73.99 percent for local religious leaders.

While the highest level of trust by students is family and closest people at 80.55 percent.