Public acceptance of COVID-19 vaccines: cross-national evidence on levels and individual-level predictors using observational data.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The management of the COVID-19 pandemic hinges on the approval of safe and effective vaccines but, equally importantly, on high vaccine acceptance among people. To facilitate vaccine acceptance via effective health communication, it is key to understand levels of vaccine scepticism and the demographic, psychological and political predictors. To this end, we examine the levels and predictors of acceptance of an approved COVID-19 vaccine.

Design, setting and participants

We examine the levels and predictors of acceptance of an approved COVID-19 vaccine in large online surveys from eight Western democracies that differ in terms of the severity of the pandemic and their response: Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Sweden, Italy, UK and USA (total N=18 231). Survey res

SUBMITTER: Lindholt MF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8210695 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature