Correlates of intended COVID-19 vaccine acceptance across time and countries: results from a series of cross-sectional surveys
Objective Describe demographical, social and psychological correlates of willingness to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.Setting Series of online surveys undertaken between March and October 2020.Participants A total of 25 separate national samples (matched to country population by age and sex) in 12 diff...
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| author | Gabriel Recchia Pierre Arwidson Sander van der Linden Carole Dufouil Claudia R Schneider Alexandra LJ Freeman John R Kerr Sarah Dryhurst Ullrika Sahlin |
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| description | Objective Describe demographical, social and psychological correlates of willingness to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.Setting Series of online surveys undertaken between March and October 2020.Participants A total of 25 separate national samples (matched to country population by age and sex) in 12 different countries were recruited through online panel providers (n=25 334).Primary outcome measures Reported willingness to receive a COVID-19 vaccination.Results Reported willingness to receive a vaccine varied widely across samples, ranging from 63% to 88%. Multivariate logistic regression analyses reveal sex (female OR=0.59, 95% CI 0.55 to 0.64), trust in medical and scientific experts (OR=1.28, 95% CI 1.22 to 1.34) and worry about the COVID-19 virus (OR=1.47, 95% CI 1.41 to 1.53) as the strongest correlates of stated vaccine acceptance considering pooled data and the most consistent correlates across countries. In a subset of UK samples, we show that these effects are robust after controlling for attitudes towards vaccination in general.Conclusions Our results indicate that the burden of trust largely rests on the shoulders of the scientific and medical community, with implications for how future COVID-19 vaccination information should be communicated to maximise uptake. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-b40805c6984b4e1e9635e65d64b312eb2024-12-09T06:15:09ZengBMJ Publishing GroupBMJ Open2044-60552021-08-0111810.1136/bmjopen-2020-048025Correlates of intended COVID-19 vaccine acceptance across time and countries: results from a series of cross-sectional surveysGabriel Recchia0Pierre Arwidson1Sander van der Linden2Carole Dufouil3Claudia R Schneider4Alexandra LJ Freeman5John R Kerr6Sarah Dryhurst7Ullrika Sahlin8Winton Centre for Risk and Evidence Communication, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UKSanté Publique France, The French Public Health Agency, Saint-Maurice, FranceProfessor of Social Psychology in Society, University of Cambridge, UKBordeaux Population Health Research Center, U1219, Inserm, University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, FranceWinton Centre for Risk and Evidence Communication, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK1 Winton Centre for Risk & Evidence Communication, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UKWinton Centre for Risk and Evidence Communication, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UKWinton Centre for Risk and Evidence Communication, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UKCenter of Environmental and Climate Sciences, Lund University, Lund, SwedenObjective Describe demographical, social and psychological correlates of willingness to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.Setting Series of online surveys undertaken between March and October 2020.Participants A total of 25 separate national samples (matched to country population by age and sex) in 12 different countries were recruited through online panel providers (n=25 334).Primary outcome measures Reported willingness to receive a COVID-19 vaccination.Results Reported willingness to receive a vaccine varied widely across samples, ranging from 63% to 88%. Multivariate logistic regression analyses reveal sex (female OR=0.59, 95% CI 0.55 to 0.64), trust in medical and scientific experts (OR=1.28, 95% CI 1.22 to 1.34) and worry about the COVID-19 virus (OR=1.47, 95% CI 1.41 to 1.53) as the strongest correlates of stated vaccine acceptance considering pooled data and the most consistent correlates across countries. In a subset of UK samples, we show that these effects are robust after controlling for attitudes towards vaccination in general.Conclusions Our results indicate that the burden of trust largely rests on the shoulders of the scientific and medical community, with implications for how future COVID-19 vaccination information should be communicated to maximise uptake.https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/11/8/e048025.full |
| spellingShingle | Gabriel Recchia Pierre Arwidson Sander van der Linden Carole Dufouil Claudia R Schneider Alexandra LJ Freeman John R Kerr Sarah Dryhurst Ullrika Sahlin Correlates of intended COVID-19 vaccine acceptance across time and countries: results from a series of cross-sectional surveys BMJ Open |
| title | Correlates of intended COVID-19 vaccine acceptance across time and countries: results from a series of cross-sectional surveys |
| title_full | Correlates of intended COVID-19 vaccine acceptance across time and countries: results from a series of cross-sectional surveys |
| title_fullStr | Correlates of intended COVID-19 vaccine acceptance across time and countries: results from a series of cross-sectional surveys |
| title_full_unstemmed | Correlates of intended COVID-19 vaccine acceptance across time and countries: results from a series of cross-sectional surveys |
| title_short | Correlates of intended COVID-19 vaccine acceptance across time and countries: results from a series of cross-sectional surveys |
| title_sort | correlates of intended covid 19 vaccine acceptance across time and countries results from a series of cross sectional surveys |
| url | https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/11/8/e048025.full |
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