Open AccessSociodemographic and Behavioral Predictors of COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in Pakistan
Author(s) -
Osama AlWutayd,
Rehana Khalil,
Allah Bachayo Rajar
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of multidisciplinary healthcare
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.65
H-Index - 30
ISSN - 1178-2390
DOI - 10.2147/jmdh.s325529
Subject(s) - vaccination , medicine , pandemic , logistic regression , descriptive statistics , covid-19 , demography , social media , family medicine , environmental health , disease , immunology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , statistics , mathematics , sociology , political science , law
The current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic continues with resurgent second and third waves worldwide. Vaccination is one of several measures that are needed to end this pervasive threat. Pakistan, however, has a relatively low rate of routine vaccine acceptance. Our study aimed to determine the proportion and predictors of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy (VH) among adults in Pakistan.