Vaccination, life expectancy, and trust: patterns of COVID-19 and measles vaccination rates around the world.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We estimate patterns of covariation between COVID-19 and measles vaccination rates and a set of widely used indicators of human, social, and economic capital across 146 countries.

Study design

We conduct exploratory analyses of social patterns that uphold vaccination success for COVID-19 and measles.

Methods

We use publicly available data on COVID vaccination rates and other country-level indicators from Our World in Data, Human Development Report, Corruption Perception Index, and the World Bank to devise bivariate correlations and multiple regression models.

Results

About 70% of the variability in COVID-19 vaccination rates in February 2022 can be explained by differences in the Human Development Index (HDI) and, specifically, in life expectancy at

SUBMITTER: Rughinis C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9250933 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature