Characteristics associated with COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy

Liyousew Borga, Andrew Clark, Conchita D’ambrosio and Anthony Lepinteur
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Conchita D’ambrosio: uni.lu - Université du Luxembourg = University of Luxembourg = Universität Luxemburg

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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.

Keywords: COVID-19 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022-12
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Published in Scientific Reports, 2022, 12 (1), ⟨10.1038/s41598-022-16572-x⟩

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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-16572-x

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