Gender differences in the intention to get vaccinated against COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Z Gesundh Wiss
; : 1-25, 2022 Jan 07.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1826568
ABSTRACT
AIM:
We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to analyse gender differences in COVID-19 vaccination intentions. SUBJECT ANDMETHODS:
PubMed, Web of Science and PsycInfo were searched (November 2020 to January 2021) for studies reporting absolute frequencies of COVID-19 vaccination intentions by gender. Averaged odds ratios comparing vaccination intentions among men and women were computed. Descriptive analyses of the studies were reported.RESULTS:
Sixty studies were included in the review and data from 46 studies (n = 141,550) were available for meta-analysis. A majority (58%) of papers reported men to have higher intentions to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Meta-analytic calculations showed that significantly fewer women stated that they would get vaccinated than men, OR 1.41 (95% CI 1.28 to 1.55). This effect was evident in several countries, and the difference was bigger in samples of health care workers than in unspecified general population samples.CONCLUSION:
This systematic review and meta-analysis found lower vaccination intentions among women than men. This difference is discussed in the light of recent data on actual vaccination rates in different countries. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10389-021-01677-w.
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Database:
MEDLINE
Type of study:
Prognostic study
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Reviews
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Systematic review/Meta Analysis
Topics:
Vaccines
Language:
English
Journal:
Z Gesundh Wiss
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
S10389-021-01677-w
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