Sociopolitical and psychological correlates of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in the United States during summer 2021.

ABSTRACT: Vaccine hesitancy and refusal continue to hamper COVID-19 control efforts. Throughout the pandemic, scientists and journalists have attributed lagging COVID-19 vaccination rates to a shifting set of factors including demography, experiences during the height of the pandemic, political views, and beliefs in conspiracy theories and misinformation, among others. However, these factors have rarely been tested comprehensively, in tandem, or alongside other potentially underlying psychological factors, thus limiting our understanding of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy. This cross-sectional study assesses a diverse set of correlates of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy identified in previous studies using US survey data (N = 2055) collected in July-August 2021. The survey contained modules designed to assess

SUBMITTER: Stoler J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9167731 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature