COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among first-generation immigrants living in Sweden.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In many countries, immigrants face higher risks of contracting and dying from COVID-19 compared with the native-born population. Moreover, their COVID-19 vaccination uptake tends to be lower. This study aimed to investigate COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in relation to sociodemographic characteristics, COVID-19-related exposures and social values, norms and perceptions among first-generation immigrants in Sweden. Vaccine hesitancy is an important public health issue to ensure protection against vaccine-preventable mortality and morbidity.

Methods

Nation-wide representative data were collected by the Migrant World Values Survey. Descriptive and multinomial multivariate analyses were performed to analyze vaccine hesitancy among 2612 men and women aged ≥16 years.

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SUBMITTER: Svallfors S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10395762 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature