Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy : Survey and Experimental Evidence from Papua New Guinea
This paper examines the drivers of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and tests various means of increasing people’s willingness to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. The study draws on data collected through a broadly representative phone survey with 2,533 respo...
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okr-10986-365492021-11-13T05:10:40Z Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy : Survey and Experimental Evidence from Papua New Guinea Hoy, Christopher Wood, Terence Moscoe, Ellen CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 COVID-19 VACCINATION VACCINE HESITANCY SURVEY EXPERIMENT SIDE EFFECT TRUSTED INFORMATION SOURCE HEALTH RISK This paper examines the drivers of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and tests various means of increasing people’s willingness to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. The study draws on data collected through a broadly representative phone survey with 2,533 respondents and an online randomized survey experiment with 2,392 participants in Papua New Guinea. Both surveys show that less than 20 percent of the respondents who were aware a vaccine existed were willing to be vaccinated. The main reason respondents stated for their hesitancy regarding the vaccine was concern about side effects; however, the majority also said health workers could change their mind, particularly if information was communicated in person. The phone survey illustrated that people’s level of trust in the vaccine and their beliefs about the behavior of others are strongly associated with their intention to get a COVID-19 vaccine. In contrast, people’s concern about COVID-19, most trusted source of information (including social media), and vaccination history were unrelated to their intention to get vaccinated. The online experiment showed that a message that emphasized the relative safety of the vaccine by highlighting that severe side effects are rare, while also emphasizing the dangers of COVID-19, increased intention to get vaccinated by around 50 percent. Collectively, these results suggest that policy makers would be well placed to direct their efforts to boosting the general population’s trust that getting vaccinated substantially reduces the risk of severe illness or death from COVID-19. 2021-11-12T18:17:49Z 2021-11-12T18:17:49Z 2021-11 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/293831636115205584/Addressing-Vaccine-Hesitancy-Survey-and-Experimental-Evidence-from-Papua-New-Guinea http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36549 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9837 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper East Asia and Pacific Papua New Guinea |
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CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 COVID-19 VACCINATION VACCINE HESITANCY SURVEY EXPERIMENT SIDE EFFECT TRUSTED INFORMATION SOURCE HEALTH RISK Hoy, Christopher Wood, Terence Moscoe, Ellen Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy : Survey and Experimental Evidence from Papua New Guinea |
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This paper examines the drivers of
COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and tests various means of
increasing people’s willingness to receive a COVID-19
vaccine. The study draws on data collected through a broadly
representative phone survey with 2,533 respondents and an
online randomized survey experiment with 2,392 participants
in Papua New Guinea. Both surveys show that less than 20
percent of the respondents who were aware a vaccine existed
were willing to be vaccinated. The main reason respondents
stated for their hesitancy regarding the vaccine was concern
about side effects; however, the majority also said health
workers could change their mind, particularly if information
was communicated in person. The phone survey illustrated
that people’s level of trust in the vaccine and their
beliefs about the behavior of others are strongly associated
with their intention to get a COVID-19 vaccine. In contrast,
people’s concern about COVID-19, most trusted source of
information (including social media), and vaccination
history were unrelated to their intention to get vaccinated.
The online experiment showed that a message that emphasized
the relative safety of the vaccine by highlighting that
severe side effects are rare, while also emphasizing the
dangers of COVID-19, increased intention to get vaccinated
by around 50 percent. Collectively, these results suggest
that policy makers would be well placed to direct their
efforts to boosting the general population’s trust that
getting vaccinated substantially reduces the risk of severe
illness or death from COVID-19. |
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Working Paper |
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Hoy, Christopher Wood, Terence Moscoe, Ellen |
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Hoy, Christopher Wood, Terence Moscoe, Ellen |
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Hoy, Christopher |
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Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy : Survey and Experimental Evidence from Papua New Guinea |
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Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy : Survey and Experimental Evidence from Papua New Guinea |
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Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy : Survey and Experimental Evidence from Papua New Guinea |
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Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy : Survey and Experimental Evidence from Papua New Guinea |
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Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy : Survey and Experimental Evidence from Papua New Guinea |
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addressing vaccine hesitancy : survey and experimental evidence from papua new guinea |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2021 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/293831636115205584/Addressing-Vaccine-Hesitancy-Survey-and-Experimental-Evidence-from-Papua-New-Guinea http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36549 |
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