Left-Right-Position, party affiliation and regional differences explain low COVID-19 vaccination rates in Germany.

ABSTRACT: Established vaccine hesitancy measurement instruments, such as the Vaccine Hesitancy Determinants Matrix, are not sufficiently equipped to adequately and consistently measure political and ideological attitudes. Focusing on Germany, which is a particularly interesting case since it witnessed the establishment of the by far most well-organized and sustained 'anti-Covid' movement in Europe, this quantitative study explores the impact of political ideology and partisanship on the degree of vaccine hesitancy based on four surveys (February-October 2021) among more than 30,000 individuals. We demonstrate that party affiliation, political ideology and region of residence all impact vaccine hesitancy. In fact, they turn out to have a greater impact than two factors often analysed with respect to

SUBMITTER: Jackle S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9948222 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature