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Hesitant or not? A global survey of potential acceptance of a COVID-19 vaccine
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A number of COVID-19 vaccines are under development, with one or more possibly becoming available in 2021. We conducted a global survey in June 2020 of 13,426 people in 19 countries to determine potential acceptance rates of a COVID-19 vaccine and factors influencing acceptance. We ran univariate logistic regressions to examine the associations with demographic variables. 71.5% reported they would be very or somewhat likely to take a COVID-19 vaccine; 61.4% reported they would accept their employer’s recommendation to take a COVID-19 vaccine. Differences in acceptance across countries ranged from almost 9 in 10 (China) to fewer than 6 in 10 (Russia). Respondents reporting higher levels of trust in information from government sources were more likely to accept a vaccine, and take their employer’s advice to do so. Targeted interventions addressing age, sex, income, and education level are required to increase and sustain public acceptance of a COVID-19 vaccine.
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“The relatively high rates of vaccine acceptance in the region were attributed to strong trust in governments [46].”
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“Only two surveys among the general public in African countries reported an acceptance rate of 81.6% in South Africa and 65.2% in Nigeria [46].”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Lazarus, J. V., Ratzan, S., Palayew, A., Gostin, L. O., Larson, H. J., Rabin, K., Kimball, S., & El-Mohandes, A.
- Affiliations
- Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ES)
- City University of New York (US)
- Georgetown University (US)
- London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (GB)
- Emerson College (US)
- Corresponding author
- Lazarus, Jeffrey V
- ORCID
- Venue
- medRxiv
- Publisher
- openRxiv
- Published
- 2020-08-25
- OpenAlex
- W3080809458
- Cited by
- 128
- References
- 15
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 12 · 2022: 18 · 2021: 87 · 2020: 5
- Type
- posted content
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- doi.org
- Locations
- medRxiv (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- City University of New York
- Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (CEX 2018-000806-S)
- Centres de Recerca de Catalunya (CEX2018-000806-S)
- Generalitat de Catalunya (CEX2018-000806-S)
- Università Bocconi
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Health › Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Risk Perception and Management
- Keywords
- COVID-19 vaccines, vaccine acceptance, hesitancy, demographic factors, cross-national comparison
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