Data in Brief (Jun 2022)
Dataset of vaccination and confidence in the Malaysian government during Covid-19 pandemic
Abstract
The online poll collected a data set on the confidence sentiments of Malaysians on the following three major areas with their respective events related to the Covid-19 pandemic. Foremost, the survey gathered the data of the respondents on their vaccination registration, and confidence on the efficacy of the available vaccines, respectively. In addition, the respondents were asked of their confidence of an economic recovery with the availability of the vaccines, the government in managing the Covid-19 pandemic, and an economic recovery for the country, respectively. Furthermore, the respondents were asked of their likelihood to exercise their voter's rights before and after herd immunity. The convenience sampling was applied between March and April 2021 and participated by 1,136 respondents. The confidence levels were measured on a Likert-scale of 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest). The mean values were considerably high indicating healthy confidence levels of Malaysians on all the events described. The socio-demographic characteristics of the respondents were also collected. Near 60 percent of Malaysians had registered for the vaccination programme. All the events showed weak significant correlations between them. The correlations between the events and socio-demographic characteristics were analysed and the results showed no correlations between the events and ethnicity, and gender respectively. Although the data of the poll is limited, they can be used as a reference point for researchers, and data review for the future generations to understand the events during the Covid-19 pandemic in Malaysia.
