Determinants of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy across 186 countries: a multifaceted analysis using structural equation modeling - PubMed
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- #Multinational study
- #Structural Equation Model
- #COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy
- Study examines COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy (CVH) across 186 countries using a multinational cross-sectional survey.
- Survey included 102,407 valid responses with an average age of 27.3 years and 57.9% female participants.
- Main sources of COVID-19 vaccine information: social networks (56.9%), colleagues/friends (43.8%), and media (40.0%).
- Key concerns hindering vaccination: perceived mildness of COVID-19 (44.8%), insufficient vaccine research (41.9%), misinformation (39.9%), and disagreement with vaccination (33.1%).
- Structural Equation Model (SEM) results showed gender, education level, and family member's COVID-19 severity explained 48.5% of variance in CVH.
- Higher education and hesitancy related to vaccine reactions (HRVR) increased concerns about vaccine information (CVI).
- Antisociality and egocentricity were linked to increased HRVR concerns, while callousness and egocentricity reduced CVI concerns.
- One-third of participants disagreed with vaccination; education, gender, family infection severity, and psychological stress significantly impacted CVH.