Year: 2022
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Understanding what lies behind actual COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy is fundamental to help policy makers increase vaccination rates and reach herd immunity. We use June 2021 data from the COME-HERE survey to explore the predictors of actual vaccine hesitancy in France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Spain and Sweden. We estimate a linear-probability model with a rich set of covariates and address issues of common-method variance. 13% of our sample say they do not plan to be vaccinated. Post-Secondary education, home-ownership, having an underlying health condition, and one standard-deviation higher age or income are all associated with lower vaccine hesitancy of 2-4.5% points. Conservative-leaning political attitudes and a one standard-deviation lower degree of confidence in the government increase this probability by 3 and 6% points respectively. Vaccine hesitancy in Spain and Sweden is significantly lower than in the other countries.
Source: Scientific Reports
Language: English
Subfield: Health
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $2,190
Awards: Centre for Economic Performance 2020-25, COVID 19 Rapid diagnosis test (development and clinical validation in 7 weeks), Understanding social dynamics in Europe during the pandemic, SARS-CoV-2-induced activation of immunopathological endogenous retrovirus envelope HERV-W in COVID-19 patients, G6769279931, G777880075
OpenAlex ID: W4286005616