Vaccination-related attitudes and behavior across birth cohorts: Evidence from Germany.

ABSTRACT: We use German KiGGS data to add to existing knowledge about trends in vaccination-related attitudes and behavior. Looking at vaccinations against measles, we assess whether a low confidence in vaccination and vaccination complacency is particularly prevalent among parents whose children were born somewhat recently, as compared to parents whose children belong to earlier birth cohorts. We further analyze how these attitudes relate to vaccination rates in the corresponding birth cohorts, and which sociodemographic subgroups are more likely to have vaccination-hesitant attitudes and to act upon them. Results show that the share of parents who report "deliberate" reasons against vaccination has decreased across birth cohorts; at the same time, the children of these parents have become less lik

SUBMITTER: Diehl C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8843242 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature