Passport to a Mighty Nation: Exploring Sociocultural Foundation of Chinese Public’s Attitude to COVID-19 Vaccine Certificates

Mingyu Hu, Hepeng Jia and Yu Xie
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Mingyu Hu: School of Communication, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
Hepeng Jia: School of Communication, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
Yu Xie: School of Communication, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 19, 1-12

Abstract: Vaccination against COVID-19 is essential against the pandemic. There are broad discussions on adopting certificates for vaccination and the immunity obtained after infection. Based on a national sample of over 2000 participants administered in April 2021, the current study examines the Chinese public’s attitudes to the so-called COVID-19 vaccination passport and factors contributing to their viewpoints. Generally, the Chinese people had favorable opinions on the passport. Among possible contributing factors, income, personal benefit perception, the subjective norm of COVID-19 vaccination, and nationalism were significantly associated with the public’s positive attitude. At the same time, general vaccine knowledge and scientific literacy had an inconstant effect. Echoing recent studies, these findings reveal a collectivism-oriented attitude of the Chinese public towards the proposal to certify vaccination publicly. Theoretical and practical implications of the results were discussed.

Keywords: COVID-19; vaccination passport; immunity certificates; nationalism; collectivism; CoV-SARS-2 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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