What nudges you to take a vaccine? Understanding behavioural drivers of COVID-19 vaccinations using large-scale experiments in the G-7 countries.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

We present a unique multi-country, two-wave dataset of 42,417 survey responses drawn from nationally representative samples of citizens from the G-7 countries: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, UK, and USA. This data note outlines the motivation and methodology of the survey instrument and describes the measures contained in the dataset. We highlight areas for future research.

Methods

We fielded an online survey over two waves (January 27 to February 26 [n = 24,303] and wave 2 from March 6 to May 12 [n = 18,114]) measuring a range of demographic, social, political, and psychological variables. Samples were nationally representative by age, education, gender, and subnational region. Each wave included of three experiments (one conjoint and two

SUBMITTER: Savani MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12004716 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature