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  • Public health
  • Cross-cultural studies

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  • Understanding population-level risk factors for infectious disease outbreaks is crucial.
  • Socio-cultural values may influence health behaviors and outcomes.
  • Previous research has not extensively explored the link between specific cultural values and COVID-19 mortality.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate whether socio-cultural values act as population-level risk factors for COVID-19-related mortality.
  • To predict COVID-19 mortality rates based on cultural values from the World Values Survey.
  • To determine the specificity of these value-health outcome associations.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized data from the World Values Survey to extract socio-cultural values.
  • Collected COVID-19-related mortality data for countries after their first death.
  • Employed statistical models to predict mortality, controlling for confounding variables.

Main Results:

  • Countries with higher endorsement of political participation showed increased COVID-19 mortality.
  • Greater trust in institutions and materialistic orientations were associated with decreased COVID-19 mortality.
  • These value-specific associations were unique to COVID-19 mortality and did not predict general health outcomes or other mortality types.

Conclusions:

  • Socio-cultural values are significant predictors of population-level COVID-19 mortality.
  • Specific values like trust and materialism demonstrate a protective effect against COVID-19 deaths.
  • The findings highlight the nuanced relationship between cultural factors and specific health crises.