Race, trust, and COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Canada (alternate title: Racial Concentration and Dynamics of COVID-19 Vaccination

dc.contributor.author	Wu, Cary
dc.date.accessioned	2023-01-27T21:55:30Z
dc.date.available	2023-01-27T21:55:30Z
dc.date.issued	2022-05
dc.description.abstract	A large body of literature has suggested that vaccine hesitancy is higher among racialized populations. In this article, I consider racial disparities in COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and the role of institutional trust. Analyzing data from a nationally representative survey studying the social impacts of COVID-19 across Canada, I find that compared to white Canadians, only Black Canadians show a significant higher COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and about 15% of the Black-white gap can be attributed to their lower institutional trust. My additional analysis further shows that low trust among Black Canadians explains fully their unwillingness to do what the government recommends about vaccines. Findings of this study suggest that efforts toward addressing systemic racism and promoting institutional trust are key to tackling the prevalence of vaccine hesitancy among racialized communities.
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10315/40854
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.subject	Race	en_US
dc.subject	COVID-19	en_US
dc.subject	Trust	en_US
dc.subject	Vaccines	en_US
dc.subject	Vaccine hesitancy	en_US
dc.subject	Pandemic	en_US
dc.title	Race, trust, and COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Canada (alternate title: Racial Concentration and Dynamics of COVID-19 Vaccination	en_US
dc.type	Presentation	en_US

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