Explaining the gender gap in COVID-19 vaccination attitudes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Women have been significantly more likely than men to express hesitancy toward COVID-19 vaccination and, to a lesser extent, to refuse vaccination altogether. This gender gap is puzzling because women have been more likely to perceive higher risks from COVID-19, to approve more restrictive measures to fight the pandemic and to be more compliant with such measures.

Methods

This article studies the gender gap in COVID-19 vaccination attitudes using two nationally representative surveys of public opinion fielded in February 2021 and May 2021 in 27 European countries. The data are analyzed using generalized additive models and multivariate logistic regression.

Results

The data analyses show that hypotheses about (i) pregnancy, fertility and breastfeeding concer

SUBMITTER: Toshkov D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10234652 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature