The importance of political and religious affiliation in explaining county-level COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy
Abstract The authors use county-level data to test whether an array of socioeconomic, demographic, political and religious variables explain COVID-19 vaccination rates. Results presented here build upon previous investigations of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in different contexts and are largely consi...
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| description | Abstract The authors use county-level data to test whether an array of socioeconomic, demographic, political and religious variables explain COVID-19 vaccination rates. Results presented here build upon previous investigations of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in different contexts and are largely consistent with those findings. Background controls such as county’s percent male (+), median age (+), percent White (-), median household income (+), percent self-employed (-), and the percent with a college or higher education (+) explain county-level vaccination rates for COVID-19. Political affiliation (Percent Republican (-)) remains the strongest predictor in terms of overall statistical significance. The county’s percent Catholic (+) and percent Evangelical (-) are also very strong predictors, though in opposite directions. This analysis includes state-level fixed effects and several robustness checks. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-2121f20025cd461099a37afeffe006372025-08-20T03:08:02ZengBMCHealth Economics Review2191-19912025-04-0115111010.1186/s13561-025-00605-yThe importance of political and religious affiliation in explaining county-level COVID-19 Vaccine HesitancyDeclan R. Carroll0Stephen J. Conroy1Adriana Vamosiu2Marketing Division, Leeds School of Business, University of Colorado BoulderDepartment of Economics, Knauss School of Business, University of San DiegoDepartment of Economics, Knauss School of Business, University of San DiegoAbstract The authors use county-level data to test whether an array of socioeconomic, demographic, political and religious variables explain COVID-19 vaccination rates. Results presented here build upon previous investigations of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in different contexts and are largely consistent with those findings. Background controls such as county’s percent male (+), median age (+), percent White (-), median household income (+), percent self-employed (-), and the percent with a college or higher education (+) explain county-level vaccination rates for COVID-19. Political affiliation (Percent Republican (-)) remains the strongest predictor in terms of overall statistical significance. The county’s percent Catholic (+) and percent Evangelical (-) are also very strong predictors, though in opposite directions. This analysis includes state-level fixed effects and several robustness checks.https://doi.org/10.1186/s13561-025-00605-yVaccine hesitancyCOVID-19 |
| spellingShingle | Declan R. Carroll Stephen J. Conroy Adriana Vamosiu The importance of political and religious affiliation in explaining county-level COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Health Economics Review Vaccine hesitancy COVID-19 |
| title | The importance of political and religious affiliation in explaining county-level COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy |
| title_full | The importance of political and religious affiliation in explaining county-level COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy |
| title_fullStr | The importance of political and religious affiliation in explaining county-level COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy |
| title_full_unstemmed | The importance of political and religious affiliation in explaining county-level COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy |
| title_short | The importance of political and religious affiliation in explaining county-level COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy |
| title_sort | importance of political and religious affiliation in explaining county level covid 19 vaccine hesitancy |
| topic | Vaccine hesitancy COVID-19 |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13561-025-00605-y |
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