- Title
- Student COVID-19 vaccination preferences in China: A discrete choice experiment
- Creator
- Wang, Siyuan; Maitland, Elizabeth; Wang, Tiantian; Nicholas, Stephen; Leng, Anli
- Relation
- Frontiers in Public Health Vol. 10, no. 997900
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.997900
- Publisher
- Frontiers Research Foundation
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2022
- Description
- Objective: This study uses a discrete choice experiment (DCE) questionnaire to investigate student vaccination preferences for both intrinsic and extrinsic attributes. Methods: A two-part DCE questionnaire was distributed to 1,138 students through face-to-face interviews at vaccination centers in Qingdao, China. Conditional logit models were used to understand student preference trade-offs. Mixed logit models (MLM) and sub-group analysis were conducted to understanding student preference heterogeneity. Results: We found that students preferred vaccines with fewer side effects (β = 0.845; 95% CI, 0.779–0.911), administered through third level health facilities (β = 0.170; 95% CI, 0.110–0.230), and had at least 1 year duration of protection (β = 0.396; 95% CI, 0.332–0.461. Higher perception of COVID-19 risks (β = 0.492; 95% CI, 0.432–0.552) increased the likelihood of student vaccination uptake. Surprisingly, vaccine effectiveness (60%) and percentages of acquaintances vaccinated (60%) reduced vaccination utility, which points to free-rider problems. In addition, we find that student study majors did not contribute to preference heterogeneity, and the main disparities in preferences were attributed to student risk tolerances. Conclusion: Both intrinsic and extrinsic attributes were influential factors shaping student preferences for COVID-19 vaccines. Our results inform universities and local governments across China on targeting their vaccination programs.
- Subject
- student vaccination; COVID-19 vaccination; vaccination preference; DCE; vaccination utility; SDG 17; Sustainable Development Goals
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1494241
- Identifier
- uon:53745
- Identifier
- ISSN:2296-2565
- Rights
- x
- Language
- eng
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