Understanding the spatial heterogeneity of COVID-19 vaccination uptake in England.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mass vaccination has been a key strategy in effectively containing global COVID-19 pandemic that posed unprecedented social and economic challenges to many countries. However, vaccination rates vary across space and socio-economic factors, and are likely to depend on the accessibility to vaccination services, which is under-researched in literature. This study aims to empirically identify the spatially heterogeneous relationship between COVID-19 vaccination rates and socio-economic factors in England.

Methods

We investigated the percentage of over-18 fully vaccinated people at the small-area level across England up to 18 November 2021. We used multiscale geographically weighted regression (MGWR) to model the spatially heterogeneous relationship between vaccination

SUBMITTER: Chen H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10185460 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature