Trust in government, intention to vaccinate and COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy: A comparative survey of five large cities in the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is widespread hesitancy towards COVID-19 vaccines in the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia.

Objective

To identify predictors of willingness to vaccinate against COVID-19 in five cities with varying COVID-19 incidence in the US, UK, and Australia.

Design

Online, cross-sectional survey of adults from Dynata's research panel in July-September 2020.

Participants, setting

Adults aged 18 and over in Sydney, Melbourne, London, New York City, or Phoenix.

Main outcomes and measures

Willingness to receive a COVID-19 vaccine; reason for vaccine intention.

Statistical methods

To identify predictors of intention to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, we used Poisson regression with robust error estimation to produce prevalence ratios.

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SUBMITTER: Trent M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8220944 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature