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

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.-F., Friedman, J., Loewen, P., Mamidi, P., Melegaro, A., Blanco, M., Vargas, J., Seither, J., Candio, P., Gibertoni Cruz, A., Hua, X., Barnett, A., & 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: Dec 20, 2021
• 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
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1241928