Trust in institutions affects vaccination campaign outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Trust is an important driver of various outcomes, but little is known about whether trust in institutions affects actual vaccination campaign outcomes rather than only beliefs and intentions.

Methods

We used nationally representative, individual-level data for 114 countries and combined them with data on vaccination policies and rates. We measured the speed of the vaccination campaign for each country using the estimated growth rate of a Gompertz curve. We then performed country-level regressions in the global sample and explored heterogeneity across World Bank development groups.

Results

Globally, higher trust in institutions significantly increased vaccination rates (p<0.01) and vaccination speed (p<0.01). The effect was strong in low- and middle-income c

SUBMITTER: Leblang D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11532736 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature