Willingness to Take the COVID-19 Vaccine as Reported Nine Months after the Pandemic Outbreak: A Cross-National Study

Daicia Price, Tore Bonsaksen, Mary Ruffolo, Janni Leung, Hilde Thygesen, Mariyana Schoultz and Amy Ostertun Geirdal
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Daicia Price: School of Social Work, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
Tore Bonsaksen: Department of Health and Nursing Sciences, Faculty of Social and Health Sciences, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, 2418 Elverum, Norway
Mary Ruffolo: School of Social Work, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
Janni Leung: Faculty of Health and Behavioural Science, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia
Hilde Thygesen: Department of Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Prosthetics and Orthotics, Oslo Metropolitan University, 0167 Oslo, Norway
Mariyana Schoultz: Health and Life Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8SU, UK
Amy Ostertun Geirdal: Department of Social Work, Faculty of Social Sciences, Child Welfare and Social Policy, Oslo Metropolitan University, 0167 Oslo, Norway

Social Sciences, 2021, vol. 10, issue 11, 1-9

Abstract: Although vaccination has been identified as an effective measure of reducing the spread of COVID-19, hesitancy to obtain a vaccine for COVID-19 has been shared. The aim of this cross-national study was to examine (i) the willingness in the general population to take the COVID-19 vaccine nine months after the pandemic outbreak and (ii) the willingness to take the vaccine in relation to sociodemographic variables, whether one has experienced COVID-19 infection, concerns about health and family, and trust in the authorities’ information about the pandemic. A cross-sectional survey design was used to collect data online in Norway, the UK, the USA, and Australia. Chi-Square tests or Fisher’s Exact test were used to analyze the data. Logistic regression analysis was used to assess direct associations between the independent variables and the outcome. Within the total sample ( n = 3474), living in a city, having a college education, being concerned about your own health and the health of next of kin, and trusting information provided by authorities increased the likelihood of reporting willingness to take the COVID-19 vaccine. Across all countries, participants who reported trust in the authorities’ information about COVID-19 demonstrated a significantly higher plausibility of taking the COVID-19 vaccine.

Keywords: coronavirus; cross-national study; pandemic; trust; vaccine (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A B N P Y80 Z00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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