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Citizens from 13 countries share similar preferences for COVID-19 vaccine allocation priorities

Ducha, Raymond; Roopea, Laurence SJ; Violatoa, Mara; Fuentes Becerrab, Matias; Robinson, Thomas S; Bonnefon, Jean-Francois; Friedman, Jorge; Loewen, Peter; Mamidi, Pavan; Melegaro, Alessia; Blanco, Mariana; Vargas, Juan; Seither, Julia; Candio, Paolo; Gibertoni Cruz, Ana; Hua, Xinyang; Barnett, Adrian; Clarke, Philip M

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Authors

Raymond Ducha

Laurence SJ Roopea

Mara Violatoa

Matias Fuentes Becerrab

Thomas S Robinson

Jean-Francois Bonnefon

Jorge Friedman

Peter Loewen

Pavan Mamidi

Alessia Melegaro

Mariana Blanco

Juan Vargas

Julia Seither

Paolo Candio

Ana Gibertoni Cruz

Xinyang Hua

Adrian Barnett

Philip M Clarke



Abstract

How does the public want a COVID-19 vaccine to be allocated? We conducted a conjoint experiment asking 15,536 adults in 13 countries to evaluate 248,576 profiles of potential vaccine recipients that varied randomly on five attributes. Our sample includes diverse countries from all continents. The results suggest that in addition to giving priority to health workers and to those at high risk, the public favours giving priority to a broad range of key workers and to those on lower income. These preferences are similar across respondents of different education levels, incomes, and political ideologies, as well as across most surveyed countries. The public favoured COVID-19 vaccines being allocated solely via government programs, but were highly polarized in some developed countries on whether taking a vaccine should be mandatory. There is a consensus among the public on many aspects of COVID-19 vaccination which needs to be taken into account when developing and communicating roll-out strategies.

Citation

Ducha, R., Roopea, L. S., Violatoa, M., Fuentes Becerrab, M., Robinson, T. S., Bonnefon, J., …Clarke, P. M. (2021). Citizens from 13 countries share similar preferences for COVID-19 vaccine allocation priorities. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(38), Article e2026382118. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2026382118

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Aug 6, 2021
Online Publication Date Sep 15, 2021
Publication Date Sep 21, 2021
Deposit Date Sep 9, 2021
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Print ISSN 0027-8424
Publisher National Academy of Sciences
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 118
Issue 38
Article Number e2026382118
DOI https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2026382118

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