Vaccine attributes and vaccine uptake in Hungary: evidence from a conjoint experiment.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In an ongoing public health crisis, the question of why some people are unwilling to take vaccines with particular attributes is an especially pertinent one, since low rates of vaccination mean that it will take longer for many nations to exit the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

Methods

In this article, we conduct a pre-registered conjoint experiment in Hungary (N = 2512), where respondents were asked about their attitudes towards hypothetical COVID-19 vaccines whose characteristics varied across a number of attributes.

Results

Results indicate that vaccine attributes matter for the likelihood of uptake when it comes to the prevalence of severe side effects, efficacy and country of origin. Moreover, we find that our pre-treatment measure of in

SUBMITTER: Thompson J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10234638 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature