Factors associated with lower COVID-19 vaccine uptake among populations with a migration background in the Netherlands.

ABSTRACT: Lower COVID-19 vaccination coverage was observed among some populations with a migration background in the Netherlands. This study examined determinants of being unvaccinated against COVID-19 in the primary vaccination round in adults and in the 2022 autumn booster round in persons aged ≥60 years, among four populations of non-Dutch origin with below average vaccination coverage: Moroccan, Turkish, Surinamese and Dutch-Caribbean, and persons of Dutch origin. We performed a population-wide register-based study, examining associations between potential determinants and being unvaccinated using multivariable logistic regression and computing population attributable fractions. Being a migrant with two foreign-born parents, younger age, living in highly/extremely urban areas and having a lower

SUBMITTER: Smagge B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12345064 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature