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Acceptance of the COVID-19 Vaccine by Foreigners in South Korea
Content Provider | MDPI |
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Author | Achangwa, Chiara Lee, Tae-Jun Lee, Moo-Sik |
Copyright Year | 2021 |
Description | Vaccination against COVID-19 is an important strategy for its control. Assessing the willingness to accept the COVID-19 vaccine in different subgroups is important for an inclusive vaccination program design. Our aim was to determine the COVID-19 vaccine acceptance rate and associated factors among foreigners in South Korea. An online cross-sectional study was carried out from May to June 2021. In this study, 710 individuals participated and most were aged between 26 and 29 (36.1%) years. Overall, 70.8% were willing to receive the vaccine. Males were less likely to accept the vaccine than females (OR: 0.5; 95% CI: 0.4–0.7, p < 0.001). Single people were more likely to receive the vaccine than those who were married (OR: 1.4; 95% CI: 0.9–2.0, p = 0.04). Other factors associated with willingness to accept COVID-19 vaccine were; vaccine convenience (OR: 1.7; 95% CI: 1.2–2.3, p = 0.002), doctors’ recommendation (OR: 2.8; 95% CI: 2.0–3.9, p < 0.001), vaccine price (OR: 1.7; 95% CI: 1.2–2.3, p = 0.003), vaccine effectiveness (OR: 8.3; 95% CI: 5.8–12.1, p < 0.001), vaccine importance (OR: 7.9; 95% CI: 4.6–14.1, p < 0.001), and vaccine safety (OR: 6.9; 95% CI: 4.5–10.8, p < 0.001). Providing more information on vaccine safety and effectiveness is required to increase vaccine acceptance. |
Starting Page | 12035 |
e-ISSN | 16604601 |
DOI | 10.3390/ijerph182212035 |
Journal | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health |
Issue Number | 22 |
Volume Number | 18 |
Language | English |
Publisher | MDPI |
Publisher Date | 2021-11-16 |
Access Restriction | Open |
Subject Keyword | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Biomedical Social Sciences Covid-19 Vaccine Vaccine Acceptance Vaccine Hesitancy Associated Factors Foreigners South Korea |
Content Type | Text |
Resource Type | Article |