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Ljiljana Kaliterna Lipovčan1, Zvjezdana Prizmić-Larsen, Renata Franc
1Ljiljana Kaliterna Lipovčan, Ivo Pilar Institute of Social Sciences, Marulićev trg 19, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia, Ljiljana.Kaliterna@pilar.hr.
Aim:
To compare Croatian participants vaccinated against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and unvaccinated participants in terms of socio-demographic, personal, social, and COVID-19-related variables.
Methods:
From August till December 2021, 721 (465 vaccinated and 256 unvaccinated) participants completed an online survey about socio-demographic (age, sex income, education, marital status), personal (well-being indicators, personality measures and health), social (trust in experts, trust in government), and COVID-19-related characteristics (fear of COVID-19, history of COVID-19 infection). Differences between the groups were assessed with discriminant analysis.
Results:
The variables that best discriminated between vaccinated and unvaccinated participants were higher trust in experts, no history of COVID-19 infection, older age, higher fear of COVID-19, and intellect. Conclusion The study points to the importance of trust in experts in the promotion of COVID-19 vaccine.
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