When Lack of Trust in the Government and in Scientists Reinforces Social Inequalities in Vaccination Against COVID-19.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess whether lack of trust in the government and scientists reinforces social and racial inequalities in vaccination practices.

Design

A follow-up of the EpiCov random population-based cohort survey.

Setting

In July 2021, in France.

Participants

Eighty-thousand nine hundred and seventy-one participants aged 18 years and more.

Main outcome measures

Adjusted odds ratios of COVID-19 vaccination status (received at least one dose/ intends to get vaccinated/ does not know whether to get vaccinated/refuses vaccination) were assessed using multinomial regressions to test associations with social and trust factors and to study how these two factors interacted with each other.

Results

In all, 72.2% were vaccinated at the time of the survey.

SUBMITTER: Bajos N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9346080 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature