Far-right political ideology and COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy: Multilevel analysis of 21 European countries

Insa Backhaus, Hanno Hoven and Ichiro Kawachi

Social Science & Medicine, 2023, vol. 335, issue C

Abstract: Far-right political parties across the EU have downplayed the risk of COVID-19 and have expressed skepticism toward the safety of the COVID-19 vaccine. This may affect the risk perception of people who support far-right parties and may be associated with an elevated risk of vaccine hesitancy. We aimed to explore if voting far-right is associated with COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and if the association varies by individual and country-level factors.

Keywords: Vaccine hesitancy; Political ideology; Far-right-wing; COVID-19 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.116227

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