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COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy and Its Associated Factors in Japan
- Source :
- Vaccines, Volume 9, Issue 6, Vaccines, Vol 9, Iss 662, p 662 (2021)
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- MDPI, 2021.
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Abstract
- The vaccine confidence index in Japan is one of the lowest worldwide. This study aimed to examine the proportion of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in the Japanese population using a larger sample and more robust statistical methods than previously, and to identify factors associated with vaccine hesitancy. We conducted a nationwide, cross-sectional Internet survey on 8–26 February 2021, and calculated the proportion and odds ratios for vaccine hesitancy. Among 23,142 responses analyzed, the proportion of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy was 11.3% (10.9–11.7%). The proportion was higher among younger respondents and female respondents, and especially among younger female respondents (15.6%) compared with the lowest proportion among older male respondents (4.8%). The most cited reason for not getting vaccinated was concerns about adverse reactions in more than 70% of the respondents. The proportion of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Japan was comparable to that in previous studies overseas, and the proportion among younger respondents was more than double that among older respondents. Factors associated with the hesitancy were female sex, living alone, low socioeconomic status, and presence of severe psychological distress, especially among older respondents. Thus, adequate measures should be taken to ensure that vaccines are delivered to people with these factors.
- Subjects :
- 0301 basic medicine
Longitudinal study
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Immunology
Article
socioeconomic status
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Japan
psychological distress
vaccine
Drug Discovery
Medicine
Pharmacology (medical)
030212 general & internal medicine
Social determinants of health
Socioeconomic status
Pharmacology
business.industry
longitudinal study
Psychological distress
Female sex
COVID-19
Odds ratio
Japanese population
030104 developmental biology
Infectious Diseases
social determinants of health
vaccine hesitancy
business
Demography
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 2076393X
- Volume :
- 9
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Vaccines
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....2eee37ff73aef5a9779b9a9cd60e15be