Who Gets Vaccinated? Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Predictors of Individual Behaviour in Pandemics

IF 1.5 3区经济学 Q2 ECONOMICS

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics Pub Date : 2024-10-07 DOI:10.1111/obes.12644

Mark A. Andor, Thomas K. Bauer, Jana Eßer, Christoph M. Schmidt, Lukas Tomberg

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Abstract

This study investigates different cognitive and non-cognitive characteristics associated with individuals' willingness to get vaccinated against Covid-19 and their actual vaccination status. Our empirical analysis is based on data obtained from three survey waves conducted in 2021 among about 2,000 individuals living in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. We find that individuals with a high level of trait reactance – a personality characteristic that entails the personal tendency to perceive persuasion attempts as restricting one's freedom – display a significantly lower willingness to get vaccinated. They also tend to get inoculated later or never. Moreover, neuroticism, locus of control, and statistical numeracy appear to be associated with the willingness to get vaccinated, but these results are less pronounced and less robust. Our results indicate that vaccination campaigns and policies could be improved by specifically addressing those with a high level of trait reactance.

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谁接种疫苗？流行病中个体行为的认知和非认知预测因子

本研究调查了与个体接种Covid-19疫苗意愿及其实际接种状况相关的不同认知和非认知特征。我们的实证分析基于2021年对居住在德国北莱茵-威斯特伐利亚州的约2000人进行的三次调查所得的数据。我们发现，具有高水平特质抗拒的个体——一种人格特征，它包含了将说服尝试视为限制自己自由的个人倾向——显示出明显较低的接种意愿。他们也倾向于较晚或从未接种疫苗。此外，神经质、控制点和统计计算能力似乎与接种疫苗的意愿有关，但这些结果不那么明显，也不那么有力。我们的研究结果表明，疫苗接种活动和政策可以通过专门针对那些具有高水平特质抗性的人来改进。

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Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics 管理科学-统计学与概率论

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