COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy and Acceptance in a Cohort of Diverse New Zealanders.

ABSTRACT:

Background

New Zealand's Immunisation Programme is an important pillar in the war against COVID-19, making high vaccine uptake essential. This study sought to: (1) identify potential vaccine uptake rates among New Zealanders prior to programme rollout; (2) understand reasons for unlikelihood/likelihood of vaccine uptake; and, (3) explore sociodemographic differences in risk of and reasons for vaccine hesitancy.

Methods

Data were collected in March 2021 (n = 1,284) via a web-based survey. Respondents were a diverse sample of New Zealanders who were part of a large, pre-existing social research sampling frame. Multinomial and logit regressions were estimated to examine sociodemographic predictors of vaccine hesitancy and reasons for likelihood/hesitancy.

Findings

SUBMITTER: Prickett KC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8342930 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature