The politics of vaccine hesitancy in Europe
dc.contributor.author | Stoeckel, F | |
dc.contributor.author | Carter, C | |
dc.contributor.author | Lyons, BA | |
dc.contributor.author | Reifler, J | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-04-11T08:40:40Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2022-05-06 | |
dc.date.updated | 2022-04-08T19:29:00Z | |
dc.description.abstract | Background. Vaccine hesitancy threatens public health. Some evidence suggests vaccine hesitancy in Europe may be linked with the success of populist parties, but more systematic analysis is needed. Methods. We examine the prevalence of individual level vaccine hesitancy across the EU and its association with political orientations. We also analyse whether success of populist parties is linked with vaccine hesitancy and uptake. We draw on individual-level Eurobarometer data from 2019, with a total of 27,524 respondents across the EU. We also rely on national and regional level populist party vote shares. Finally, for a timeseries analysis, we rely on aggregated populist party support as measured in the European Social Survey waves 1-9 (2002 to 2018), and national immunization coverage rates from the WHO from 2004-2018. Results. While vaccine hesitancy is confined to a minority of the population, this group is large enough to risk herd immunity. Political orientations on a left-right dimension are not strongly linked to vaccine hesitancy. Instead, vaccine hesitancy is associated with anti-elite world views and culturally closed rather than cosmopolitan positions. Conclusion. Vaccine hesitancy is not only present in all EU member states, but also maps on broader dimensions of cultural conflict. Hesitancy is rooted in a broader worldview, rather than misperceptions about health risks. Pro-vaccine interventions need to consider the underling worldview, rather than simply targeting misperceptions. | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | British Academy | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | European Union Horizon 2020 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.citation | Published online 6 May 2022 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1093/eurpub/ckac041 | |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | SRG20\200348 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | 682758 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/129337 | |
dc.identifier | ORCID: 0000-0002-8937-5962 (Stoeckel, Florian) | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Oxford University Press | en_GB |
dc.rights | © The Author(s) 2022. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Public Health Association. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial reproduction and distribution of the work, in any medium, provided the original work is not altered or transformed in any way, and that the work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com | |
dc.subject | vaccine hesitancy | en_GB |
dc.subject | populism | en_GB |
dc.subject | ideology | en_GB |
dc.subject | vaccine uptake | en_GB |
dc.subject | parties | en_GB |
dc.title | The politics of vaccine hesitancy in Europe | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2022-04-11T08:40:40Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1464-360X | |
dc.description | This is the final version. Available on open access from Oxford University Press via the DOI in this record | en_GB |
dc.identifier.journal | European Journal of Public Health | en_GB |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | en_GB |
dcterms.dateAccepted | 2022-03-23 | |
rioxxterms.version | VoR | en_GB |
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate | 2022-03-23 | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | en_GB |
refterms.dateFCD | 2022-04-11T08:38:49Z | |
refterms.versionFCD | AM | |
refterms.dateFOA | 2022-06-17T15:13:57Z | |
refterms.panel | C | en_GB |
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