What Lies Behind Substantial Differences in COVID-19 Vaccination Rates Between EU Member States?

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite the billions of doses at disposal, less than three-quarters of EU citizens received a COVID-19 vaccine by the end of 2021. The situation is particularly worrying in transition societies, which experience much stronger opposition to vaccination compared to their Western counterparts. To understand whether and to what extent this has to do with the socialist legacy, in this paper we explore wider economic, political, and cultural determinants of the COVID-19 vaccine uptake in the EU.

Methods

Data from Flash Eurobarometer 494 conducted in May 2021 were used to model the attitudes of EU citizens toward COVID-19 vaccination. Based on their views and intentions, each of 26,106 survey participants was allocated into one of the following categories: (1) already va

SUBMITTER: Franic J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9231480 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature