Trust and vaccine hesitancy during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-national analysis
Trust and vaccine hesitancy during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-national analysis
Previous studies of vaccine hesitancy in the context of COVID-19 have reported mixed results in terms of the role played by political and institutional trust. This study addresses this ambiguity with a global analysis of the relationship between trust and vaccine hesitancy, disentangling the effects of generalized trust orientations, trust in specific institutions and conspiracy mentality. It first draws upon a cross-national survey of 113 countries to demonstrate that trust in government is a predictor of vaccine hesitancy across global regions. It further draws on original surveys fielded in seven countries (France, Germany, Spain, Argentina, Croatia, Brazil, India), which deploy a diverse range of measures, to disentangle the individual-level predictors of vaccine hesitancy. Our findings confirm the robust effects of trust in government across countries, but when including other trust measures in the same models, the most robust effects are those of trust in health institutions and conspiracy mentality. Weaker associations are observed for right-wing ideology and online political engagement, while the consumption of traditional media tends to predict the willingness of individuals to be vaccinated.
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Mckay, Lawrence
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Mello, Eduardo
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Baniamin, Hasan Muhammad
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6 April 2023
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Valgarðsson, Viktor Orri
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Mckay, Lawrence
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Stoker, Gerry
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Mello, Eduardo
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Baniamin, Hasan Muhammad
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Jennings, William, Valgarðsson, Viktor Orri, Mckay, Lawrence, Stoker, Gerry, Mello, Eduardo and Baniamin, Hasan Muhammad
(2023)
Trust and vaccine hesitancy during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-national analysis.
Vaccine: X, 14 (100299), [100299].
(doi:10.1016/j.jvacx.2023.100299).
Abstract
Previous studies of vaccine hesitancy in the context of COVID-19 have reported mixed results in terms of the role played by political and institutional trust. This study addresses this ambiguity with a global analysis of the relationship between trust and vaccine hesitancy, disentangling the effects of generalized trust orientations, trust in specific institutions and conspiracy mentality. It first draws upon a cross-national survey of 113 countries to demonstrate that trust in government is a predictor of vaccine hesitancy across global regions. It further draws on original surveys fielded in seven countries (France, Germany, Spain, Argentina, Croatia, Brazil, India), which deploy a diverse range of measures, to disentangle the individual-level predictors of vaccine hesitancy. Our findings confirm the robust effects of trust in government across countries, but when including other trust measures in the same models, the most robust effects are those of trust in health institutions and conspiracy mentality. Weaker associations are observed for right-wing ideology and online political engagement, while the consumption of traditional media tends to predict the willingness of individuals to be vaccinated.
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Accepted/In Press date: 1 April 2023
e-pub ahead of print date: 6 April 2023
Published date: 6 April 2023
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Financial support was provided by the ESRC (ES/S009809/1) and Research England QR Global Challenges Research Fund (519016146).
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