Martha Carnalla1, Ana Basto-Abreu2, Dalia Stern3, Sergio Bautista-Arredondo4, Teresa Shamah-Levy5, Celia M Alpuche-Aranda6, Juan Rivera-Dommarco7, Tonatiuh Barrientos-Gutiérrez8. 1. Centro de Investigación en Salud Poblacional, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública. Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico. mcarnalla@gmail.com. 2. Centro de Investigación en Salud Poblacional, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública. Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico. ana.basto@insp.mx. 3. Conacyt-Centro de Investigación en Salud Poblacional, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública. Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico. dalia.stern@insp.mx. 4. Centro de Investigación en Sistemas de Salud, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública. Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico. sbautista@insp.mx. 5. Centro de Investigación en Evaluación y Encuestas, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública. Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico. tshamah@insp.mx. 6. Centro de Investigación sobre Enfermedades Infecciosas, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública. Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico. celia.alpuche@insp.mx. 7. Dirección General, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública. Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico. jrivera@insp.mx. 8. Centro de Investigación en Salud Poblacional, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública. Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico. tbarrientos@insp.mx.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the willingness to vaccinate against Covid-19 (acceptance) in the Mexican population and to iden-tify socioeconomic factors associated with vaccine hesitancy and refusal. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We estimated the acceptance, refusal and hesitancy proportions using data from the Covid-19 National Health and Nutrition Survey conducted from August to November 2020. Factors associated with re-fusal and hesitancy were explored using multinomial logistic regression. RESULTS: Covid-19 vaccination acceptance was 62.3%, refusal 28.2% and hesitancy 9.5%. Refusal and hesitancy were associated with being female, having older age, lower educational level, lower socioeconomic status and working in the informal sector. CONCLUSION: National campaigns to incentivize vaccine acceptance need to consider specific subgroups were the likelihood of hesitancy and refusal is high. In Mexico, refusal and hesitancy were higher in vulnerable groups, and people at a higher risk of Covid-19 complica-tions and death.
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the willingness to vaccinate against Covid-19 (acceptance) in the Mexican population and to iden-tify socioeconomic factors associated with vaccine hesitancy and refusal. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We estimated the acceptance, refusal and hesitancy proportions using data from the Covid-19 National Health and Nutrition Survey conducted from August to November 2020. Factors associated with re-fusal and hesitancy were explored using multinomial logistic regression. RESULTS: Covid-19 vaccination acceptance was 62.3%, refusal 28.2% and hesitancy 9.5%. Refusal and hesitancy were associated with being female, having older age, lower educational level, lower socioeconomic status and working in the informal sector. CONCLUSION: National campaigns to incentivize vaccine acceptance need to consider specific subgroups were the likelihood of hesitancy and refusal is high. In Mexico, refusal and hesitancy were higher in vulnerable groups, and people at a higher risk of Covid-19 complica-tions and death.
Authors: María Elena Camacho Moll; Ana María Salinas Martínez; Benjamín Tovar Cisneros; Juan Ignacio García Onofre; Gloria Navarrete Floriano; Mario Bermúdez de León Journal: Front Public Health Date: 2022-03-14