What drives the willingness to get vaccinated against COVID-19 in South Africa?

Type Journal Article - International Journal of Population Studies
Title What drives the willingness to get vaccinated against COVID-19 in South Africa?
Author(s)
Volume 10
Issue 1
Publication (Day/Month/Year) 2023
Page numbers 1-9
URL https://doi.org/10.36922/ijps.479
Abstract
The willingness to get vaccinated in South Africa is among the highest in the world, measuring at 76 percent. This study investigated the impact of individual risk beliefs, self-reported health status, and familiarity with someone with coronavirus disease
2019 (COVID-19) on the willingness to get vaccinated in South Africa. Data were obtained from the Wave 5 of the South African National Income Dynamics Study – Coronavirus Rapid Mobile Survey. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and binary logistic regression. More than 53 percent of the population believed that they were not at risk of COVID-19; 71.8 percent believed that they were in good health; and 31.6 percent knew someone with COVID-19. Beliefs (odds ratio [OR]: 1.287), health status (OR:
1.064), and COVID-19 case familiarity (OR: 1.034) were associated with willingness to get vaccinated. Other associations remained positive in the adjusted model. The relationship between case familiarity and willingness to get vaccinated shows that knowing someone who died of COVID-19 or suffered from the discomfort induced by the disease may drive other individuals to get vaccinated.

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