How to increase acceptance of the COVID-19 vaccine among poor people in Africa?

Mathieu Juliot Mpabe Bodjongo ()
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Mathieu Juliot Mpabe Bodjongo: University of Dschang

International Journal of Health Economics and Management, 2024, vol. 24, issue 2, No 2, 173-210

Abstract: Abstract This study aims to analyze whether good government management of the COVID-19 pandemic can increase the likelihood of vaccine uptake among poor people in Africa. The analysis is based on a sample of 18,010 people living in 34 African countries, drawn from data collected by Afrobarometer (Merged Round 8 data (34 countries), database, 2022). The econometric results, obtained using a bivariate probit regression, show that poverty significantly reduces the odds of accepting the said COVID-19 vaccine. However, acceptance of the vaccine increases among poor individuals when there is (i) trust in the government's published statistics on COVID-19, (ii) control of corruption by the government in managing the pandemic, (iii) individual confidence in the government's ability to ensure the safety of the COVID-19 vaccine, and (iv) belief that the Covid 19 vaccine will be more effective than religious prayer in the fight against this pandemic.

Keywords: Poverty; COVID-19; Vaccine; Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I10 I11 I18 I32 I39 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1007/s10754-024-09370-7

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