National prevalence and socioeconomic factors associated with the acceptance of COVID-19 vaccines in South Korea: a large-scale representative study in 2021open access
- Authors
- Yang, H.; Kim, M. S.; Rhee, S. Y.; Lee, J.; Cho, W.; Min, C.; Lee, S. W.; Shin, J. I.; Oh, J.; Choi, Y.; Lee, J. H.; Kim, H.; Rahmati, M.; Yeo, S. G.; Yon, D. K.
- Issue Date
- 2023
- Publisher
- VERDUCI PUBLISHER
- Keywords
- COVID-19 vaccine; Vaccination; Influencing fac-tors; Prevention and control strategies
- Citation
- EUROPEAN REVIEW FOR MEDICAL AND PHARMACOLOGICAL SCIENCES, v.27, no.18, pp 8943 - 8951
- Pages
- 9
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- EUROPEAN REVIEW FOR MEDICAL AND PHARMACOLOGICAL SCIENCES
- Volume
- 27
- Number
- 18
- Start Page
- 8943
- End Page
- 8951
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/skku/handle/2021.sw.skku/109534
- ISSN
- 1128-3602
- Abstract
- - OBJECTIVE: Among the global efforts toward preventing the COVID-19 pandemic, vaccines are a pivotal factor in ending the pandem-ic. Thus, through a large-scale population-based study, we investigated the individual-, social-, and family-associated factors affecting the acceptance of COVID-19 vaccines in South Korea. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Data were ob-tained from a nationwide representative study (Korea Community Health) conducted in 2021. To determine the individual-, social-, and fam-ily-associated variables for COVID-19 vacci-nation acceptance, we investigated data from 225,319 individuals. RESULTS: In the total sample (n=225,319), 184,529 COVID-19-vaccinated people and 40,790 non-vaccinated people were evaluated. The fac-tors related to the acceptance of COVID-19 vac-cination were significantly associated with the demographic factors, namely, older age group, female sex, and a history of influenza vaccina-tion, as well as medical conditions such as dia-betes, hypertension, and depression. Socioeco-nomic conditions influencing the acceptance of COVID-19 vaccination were significantly asso-ciated with low-income families and blue-collar workers. Health-related risk factors were high in the obese group. However, a noteworthy nega-tive association was found between the accep-tance of vaccination and smoking habits and al-cohol consumption. Conversely, a positive as-sociation was observed between academic lev-el and vaccination acceptance. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings suggest that old age, female sex, a history of influ-enza vaccination, medical conditions, such as diabetes, hypertension, and depression, low-income families, blue-collar workers, and health-related risk factors, such as obesi-ty, were associated with the acceptance ofCOVID-19 vaccination. Additionally, a high ac-ademic level, absence of smoking habits, and non-current alcohol use were positively asso-ciated with vaccine acceptance.
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