Estimating the size of “anti-vax” and vaccine hesitant populations in the US, UK, and Canada: comparative latent class modeling of vaccine attitudes

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 18(1)

Опубликована: Янв. 31, 2022

Vaccine hesitancy is a significant impediment to global efforts vaccinate against the SARS-CoV-2 virus at levels that generate herd immunity. In this article, we show utility of an inductive approach – latent class analysis (LCA) allows us characterize size and nature different vaccine attitude groups; compare how these groups differ across countries as well demographic subgroups within countries. We perform using original survey data collected in US, UK, Canada. also classes are strongly associated with vaccination intent perceptions efficacy safety COVID-19 vaccines, suggesting attitudes about vaccines fight novel coronavirus pandemic explained by precede pandemic. More specifically, find four substantive attitudes: strong supporters, supporters concerns, hesitant, "anti-vax" fifth measurement error class. The sentiment small all three countries, while supporter largest observe distributions assignments most notably education political leaning (partisanship ideology).

Язык: Английский

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The Competing Influence of Policy Content and Political Cues: Cross-Border Evidence from the United States and Canada

American Political Science Review, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 116(4), С. 1375 - 1388

Опубликована: Апрель 20, 2022

When individuals evaluate policies, they consider both the policy’s content and its endorsers. In this study, we investigate conditions under which these sometimes competing factors guide preferences. an effort to combat spread of COVID-19, American President Trump Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau bilaterally agreed close their shared border refugee claimants asylum seekers. These ideologically opposed leaders endorsing a common policy allows us test influence well-known foreign neighbor on domestic evaluations. With large cross-national survey experiment, first find that Canadians Americans follow ideological positions in evaluating policy, with right-leaning respondents offering most support. reveal how populations shift views when told about neighboring leader’s endorsement. Our findings highlight motivated reasoning across international border, broad implications for understanding weigh against political cues.

Язык: Английский

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Pairing facts with imagined consequences improves pandemic-related risk perception

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Год журнала: 2021, Номер 118(32)

Опубликована: Авг. 2, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic reached staggering new peaks during a global resurgence more than year after the crisis began. Although public health guidelines initially helped to slow spread of disease, widespread fatigue and prolonged harm financial stability mental well-being contributed this resurgence. In late stage pandemic, it became clear that interventions were needed support long-term behavior change. Here, we examined subjective perceived risk about relationship between engagement in risky behaviors. study 1 (

Язык: Английский

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Who Trusts the WHO? Heuristics and Americans’ Trust in the World Health Organization During the COVID‐19 Pandemic

Social Science Quarterly, Год журнала: 2021, Номер 102(5), С. 2312 - 2330

Опубликована: Апрель 29, 2021

Why do some Americans trust the World Health Organization (WHO) during COVID-19 pandemic, but others not? To date, there has been no examination of in WHO. Yet global nature pandemic necessitates expanding our scholarship to international health organizations. We test effects partisanship, ideology, cooperative internationalist foreign policy orientation, and nationalism on WHO subsequently examine how this relates preventive behavior.

Язык: Английский

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Political Identity Over Personal Impact: Early U.S. Reactions to the COVID-19 Pandemic

Frontiers in Psychology, Год журнала: 2021, Номер 12

Опубликована: Март 23, 2021

Research suggests political identity has strong influence over individuals' attitudes and beliefs, which in turn can affect their behavior. Likewise, firsthand experience with an issue also beliefs. A large (N = 6,383) survey (Pew Ipsos W64) of Americans was analyzed to investigate the effects both (i.e., Democrat or Republican) personal impact whether they suffered job income loss) on reactions COVID-19 pandemic. Results show that influenced American public's about response COVID-19. Consistent prior research, exerted a self-reports emotional distress, threat perception, discomfort exposure, support for restrictions, perception under/overreaction by individuals institutions. The difference between Democrats Republican responses were consistent normative value differences contemporary partisan messaging. Personal comparatively weaker reported distress perception. Both factors had weak appraisal individual government responses. dominating carried into bivariate relations among these self-reported In particular, divided along party lines, tied opposing views there been over- under-reaction dominance important implications crisis management reflects parties, messaging pandemic, polarization politics.

Язык: Английский

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