Roberts, C, Brindle, H, Rogers, N, Eggo, RM, Enria, L and Lees, S. 2021. Data for: "Vaccine Confidence and Hesitancy at the start of COVID-19 vaccine deployment in the UK: An embedded mixed-methods study". [Online]. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom. Available from: https://doi.org/10.17037/DATA.00002337.
Roberts, C, Brindle, H, Rogers, N, Eggo, RM, Enria, L and Lees, S. Data for: "Vaccine Confidence and Hesitancy at the start of COVID-19 vaccine deployment in the UK: An embedded mixed-methods study" [Internet]. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine; 2021. Available from: https://doi.org/10.17037/DATA.00002337.
Roberts, C, Brindle, H, Rogers, N, Eggo, RM, Enria, L and Lees, S (2021). Data for: "Vaccine Confidence and Hesitancy at the start of COVID-19 vaccine deployment in the UK: An embedded mixed-methods study". [Data Collection]. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.17037/DATA.00002337.
Description
The study used a mixed-methods approach based upon an online survey and an embedded quantitative/qualitative design to explore perceptions and attitudes associated with intention to either accept or refuse offers of vaccination in different demographic groups during the early stages of the UK’s mass COVID-19 vaccination programme (December 2020). Key outputs include: a tabular dataset containing survey responses, a data dictionary that explains survey data variables, an R scripts that enable reproduction of analyses (Analysis_Script.R), and an ancillary R script providing patched functions for parallel imputation, (parlmice_commands.R).
Additional information
Summary of Findings: Of 4,535 respondents, 85% (n=3,859) were willing to have a COVID-19 vaccine. The rapidity of vaccine development and uncertainties about safety were common reasons for COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy. There was no evidence for the widespread influence of mis-information, although broader vaccine hesitancy was associated with intentions to refuse COVID-19 vaccines (OR 20.60, 95% CI 14.20-30.30, p<0.001). Low levels of trust in the decision-making (OR 1.63, 95% CI 1.08, 2.48, p=0.021) and truthfulness (OR 8.76, 95% CI 4.15-19.90, p<0.001) of the UK government were independently associated with higher odds of refusing COVID-19 vaccines. Compared to political centrists, conservatives and liberals were respectively more (OR 2.05, 95%CI 1.51-2.80, p<0.001) and less (OR 0.30, 95% CI 0.22-0.41, p<0.001) likely to refuse offered vaccines. Those who were willing to be vaccinated cited both personal and public protection as reasons, with some alluding to having a sense of collective responsibility. Conclusions: Dominant narratives of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy are misconceived as primarily being driven by misinformation. Key indicators of UK vaccine acceptance include prior behaviours, transparency of the scientific process of vaccine development, mistrust in science and leadership and individual political views. Vaccine programmes should leverage the good will evoked by citizenship and collective responsibility.
Description of data capture | Analysis used multivariate logistic regression, structural text modelling and anthropological assessments. | ||||||||
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Data capture method | Questionnaire | ||||||||
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Date (Date submitted to LSHTM repository) | 28 June 2021 | ||||||||
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Language(s) of written materials | English |
Data Creators | Roberts, C, Brindle, H, Rogers, N, Eggo, RM, Enria, L and Lees, S |
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Associated roles | Lees, S (Principal Investigator), Roberts, C (Principal Investigator), Brindle, H (Co-Investigator), Rogers, N (Co-Investigator), Enria, L (Co-Investigator) and Eggo, RM (Co-Investigator) |
LSHTM Faculty/Department | Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases > Dept of Clinical Research |
Participating Institutions | London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Cambridge, United Kingdom |
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Date Deposited | 14 Jul 2021 14:11 |
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Last Modified | 16 May 2022 12:13 |
Publisher | London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine |
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Data / Code
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Filename: COVID19_Vaccine_Survey_Data.txt
Description: Data for an online survey on perceptions and attitudes associated with intention to either accept or refuse offers of vaccination during the early stages of the UK’s mass COVID-19 vaccination programme
Licence: Data Sharing Agreement
Content type: Dataset
File size: 85B
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Filename: Analysis_Script.R
Description: R Script used to perform analysis upon vaccine survey data
Content type: Dataset
File size: 59kB
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Filename: parlmice_commands.R
Description: Ancillary Scripts required for analysis
Content type: Script
File size: 4kB
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Filename: vaccine_confidence_analysis.R
Description: Vaccine confidence analysis
Content type: Script
File size: 36kB
Mime-Type: text/plain
Documentation
Filename: COVID19_Vaccine_Survey_Data_codebook.html
Description: Codebook for COVID-19 Vaccine Survey Data
Content type: Textual content
File size: 68kB
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Filename: COVID19_Vaccine_Survey_Consent.pdf
Description: COVID-19 vaccine survey - consent agreement
Content type: Textual content
File size: 132kB
Mime-Type: application/pdf
Filename: COVID19_Vaccine_Survey_Userguide.html
Description: User guide for COVID-19 Vaccine survey dataset
Content type: Textual content
File size: 7kB
Mime-Type: text/html
Study Instrument
Filename: COVID19_Vaccine_Survey_ODK_output.pdf
Description: Covid-19 vaccination survey - ODK survey form (PDF output)
Content type: Textual content
File size: 431kB
Mime-Type: application/pdf