Correlates of COVID-19 vaccination intentions: Attitudes, institutional trust, fear, conspiracy beliefs, and vaccine skepticism

Seddig, Daniel; Maskileyson, Dina; Davidov, Eldad; Ajzen, Icek; Schmidt, Péter

doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.114981

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“…Social barriers hampering access to preventive practices, such as social distance from health professionals, geographical distance from health centers, or experiences of discrimination in the health system (9,10) need to be taken into account to study this particular preventive practice that is vaccination. Preventive health behaviors can also be influenced by institutional trust, which refers to citizens' beliefs that institutions act transparently and fairly, in accordance with the public interest (11). In a context where governments and scientists have taken the lead in managing the pandemic crisis, it is all the more important to analyse vaccination practices along with consideration of the trust that people place in the government (12)(13)(14)(15).…”

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“…In a context where governments and scientists have taken the lead in managing the pandemic crisis, it is all the more important to analyse vaccination practices along with consideration of the trust that people place in the government (12)(13)(14)(15). Many studies have shown that COVID-19 vaccination intentions are related to trust in the government (11,(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20). One study, in the UK, simultaneously considered trust in the government and in scientists: COVID-19 hesitancy was associated with low trust in scientists and doctors but the correlation was weaker with trust in government (16).…”

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When Lack of Trust in the Government and in Scientists Reinforces Social Inequalities in Vaccination Against COVID-19

Bajos

Spire²,

Silberzan³

et al. 2022

Front. Public Health

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ObjectiveTo assess whether lack of trust in the government and scientists reinforces social and racial inequalities in vaccination practices.DesignA follow-up of the EpiCov random population-based cohort survey.SettingIn July 2021, in France.ParticipantsEighty-thousand nine hundred and seventy-one participants aged 18 years and more.Main Outcome MeasuresAdjusted odds ratios of COVID-19 vaccination status (received at least one dose/ intends to get vaccinated/ does not know whether to get vaccinated/refuses vaccination) were assessed using multinomial regressions to test associations with social and trust factors and to study how these two factors interacted with each other.ResultsIn all, 72.2% were vaccinated at the time of the survey. The population of unvaccinated people was younger, less educated, had lower incomes, and more often belonged to racially minoritized groups, as compared to vaccinated people. Lack of trust in the government and scientists to curb the spread of the epidemic were the factors most associated with refusing to be vaccinated: OR = 8.86 (7.13 to 11.00) for the government and OR = 9.07 (7.71 to 10.07) for scientists, compared to vaccinated people. Lack of trust was more prevalent among the poorest which consequently reinforced social inequalities in vaccination. The poorest 10% who did not trust the government reached an OR of 16.2 (11.9 to 22.0) for refusing to be vaccinated compared to the richest 10% who did.ConclusionThere is a need to develop depoliticised outreach programmes targeted at the most socially disadvantaged groups, and to design vaccination strategies conceived with people from different social and racial backgrounds to enable them to make fully informed choices.

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When Lack of Trust in the Government and in Scientists Reinforces Social Inequalities in Vaccination Against COVID-19

Bajos

Spire²,

Silberzan³

et al. 2022

Front. Public Health

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“…The average stringency levels in Canada is also comparatively higher than those in the other six countries, as its stringency index hovers between 57 and 72 throughout this period. The UK government's stringency measures have hovered around average levels (41)(42)(43)(44)(45)(46)(47)(48)(49)(50)(51). There is a similar pattern in the stringency levels for Austria, France, Italy, and Israel as its stringency values have increased gradually (not shown here) from 5 th July to 5 th December 2021.…”

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Insights into Controlling the Spread of COVID‐19: A Study Inspired by Seven of the Earliest Vaccinated Countries

Teh

Bradley

Ang

et al. 2022

Journal of Environmental and Public Health

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Background. The aim of the study is to derive deeper insights into the control of the spread of COVID-19 during the second half of 2021, from seven countries that are among the earliest to have accelerated the deployment of COVID-19 vaccines. Methodology. This study used data from the Global COVID-19 Index and Google COVID-19 Community Mobility Reports. Data was extracted on the 5th of each month from July to December 2021. Seven countries were selected—United Kingdom, United States of America, Israel, Canada, France, Italy, and Austria. The sample comprised number of new cases, hospitalisations, ICU admissions and deaths due to COVID-19, government stringency measures, partial and full vaccination coverage, and changes in human mobility. Principal component analysis was conducted, and the results were interpreted and visualized through 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional plots to reveal the systematic patterns of the data. Results. The first three principal components captured around 77.3% of variance in the data. The first component was driven by the spread of COVID-19 (31.6%), the second by mobility activities (transit, retail, and recreational) (24.3%), whereas the third by vaccination coverage, workplace-related mobility, and government stringency measures (21.4%). Visualizations showed lower or moderate levels of severity in COVID-19 during this period for most countries. By contrast, the surge in the USA was more severe especially in September 2021. Human mobility activities peaked in September for most countries and then receded in the following months as more stringent government measures were imposed, and countries began to grapple with a surge in COVID-19 cases. Conclusion. This study delineated the spread of COVID-19, human mobility patterns, widespread vaccination coverage, and government stringency measures on the overall control of COVID-19. While at least moderate levels of stringency measures are needed, high vaccine coverage is particularly important in curbing the spread of this disease.

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“…Yet, and having these limitations in mind, the design of the study and our findings suggest that fear of COVID-19 is not only a driver of the decision to get vaccinated ( 29 ), but also that the vaccination effectively reduces fear beyond the general trend. Thus, this study supports the notion that vaccine development, deployment, and promotion programs are one of the most efficient societal investments in sciences and technologies ( 30 ).…”

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Vaccination against COVID-19 reduces virus-related fears: Findings from a German longitudinal study

Seddig

Maskileyson²,

Davidov³

2022

Front. Public Health

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During the recent pandemic, fear of COVID-19 has been widespread and is considered to deteriorate mental health. We assessed whether vaccination can effectively reduce the fear of COVID-19 and, thus, contribute to improving people's mental health status. We used two-wave panel data from a German online study collected in April 2021 (t1) and August/September 2021 (t2) and estimated differences-in-differences to determine whether those who were vaccinated against COVID-19 experienced a reduction of fear of COVID-19, and whether the reduction was more evident as compared to people who were not vaccinated for various reasons. Fear of COVID-19 generally decreased between t1 and t2 for all respondents. Moreover, reduction of fear for people who were unvaccinated at t1 but received the vaccine between t1 and t2 was strongest as compared to people who did not get vaccinated during that period, even after we controlled for factors associated with fear (e.g., age, gender). Vaccination reduced fear of COVID-19 beyond some seasonal fluctuation and, therefore, we argue that vaccination partially reduces the psychological distress caused by the pandemic. We recommend that scientists, practitioners, and politicians highlight this additional positive effect of vaccination in health communication.

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Correlates of COVID-19 vaccination intentions: Attitudes, institutional trust, fear, conspiracy beliefs, and vaccine skepticism

Cited by 111 publications

References 100 publications

When Lack of Trust in the Government and in Scientists Reinforces Social Inequalities in Vaccination Against COVID-19

When Lack of Trust in the Government and in Scientists Reinforces Social Inequalities in Vaccination Against COVID-19

Insights into Controlling the Spread of COVID‐19: A Study Inspired by Seven of the Earliest Vaccinated Countries

Vaccination against COVID-19 reduces virus-related fears: Findings from a German longitudinal study

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