DEMOGRAPHIC AND SOCIOECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS,
HEALTH STATUS AND POLITICAL ORIENTATION AS
PREDICTORS OF COVID-19 VACCINE HESITANCY AMONG
THE SLOVENIAN PUBLIC
DEMOGRAPHIC AND SOCIOECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS,
HEALTH STATUS AND POLITICAL ORIENTATION AS
PREDICTORS OF COVID-19 VACCINE HESITANCY AMONG
THE SLOVENIAN PUBLIC
Author(s): Monika Lamot, Marina Tavčar Krajnc, Andrej KirbišSubject(s): Sociology, Health and medicine and law, Demography and human biology, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Slovensko sociološko društvo (in FDV)
Keywords: Covid-19 vaccine; vaccine hesitancy; predictors of vaccine uptake; social inequalities; health status;
Summary/Abstract: The present study examined predictors of the intention to become vaccinated against Covid-19 among the Slovenian public. A cross-sectional, non-probability sample was collected through an online survey in March and April 2020(N = 826; Mage=33.2 years). We tested four groups of predictors: demographic and socioeconomic characteristics, health status and political (left–right) orientation.Our ordinal regression model explained 44% of the variance in Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy. All six predictors had a significant impact on vaccine hesitancy, which was significantly higher among women, among 30–39-year-olds, the less educated,the self-employed and unemployed, those reporting excellent self-rated health and those with a centrist political orientation (followed by right-oriented respondents).Implications of the results are discussed.
Journal: Družboslovne razprave
- Issue Year: 36/2020
- Issue No: 94-95
- Page Range: 55-74
- Page Count: 20
- Language: English