Trust and vaccine hesitancy during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-national analysis.

ABSTRACT: Previous studies of vaccine hesitancy in the context of COVID-19 have reported mixed results in terms of the role played by political and institutional trust. This study addresses this ambiguity with a global analysis of the relationship between trust and vaccine hesitancy, disentangling the effects of generalized trust orientations, trust in specific institutions and conspiracy mentality. It first draws upon a cross-national survey of 113 countries to demonstrate that trust in government is a predictor of vaccine hesitancy across global regions. It further draws on original surveys fielded in seven countries (France, Germany, Spain, Argentina, Croatia, Brazil, India), which deploy a diverse range of measures, to disentangle the individual-level predictors of vaccine hesitancy. Our finding

SUBMITTER: Jennings W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10079319 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature