What accounts for the variation in COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Eastern, Southern and Western Europe?

ABSTRACT: In the wake of mass COVID-19 vaccination campaigns in 2021, significant differences in vaccine skepticism emerged across Europe, with Eastern European countries in particular facing very high levels of vaccine hesitancy and refusal. This study investigates the determinants of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and refusal, with a focus on these differences across Eastern, Southern and Western Europe. The statistical analyses are based on individual-level survey data comprising quota-based representative samples from 27 European countries from May 2021. The study finds that demographic variables have complex associations with vaccine hesitancy and refusal. The relationships with age and education are non-linear. Trust in different sources of health-related information has significant associations a

SUBMITTER: Toshkov D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10070781 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature