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Subjective Well-Being, Health and Socio-Demographic Factors Related to COVID-19 Vaccination: A Repeated Cross-Sectional Sample Survey Study from 2021–2022 in Urban Pakistan

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  • Khadija Shams

    (Department of Economics, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women University, Peshawar 25000, Pakistan)

  • Alexander Kadow

    (Department of Economics and Law, Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences, 60318 Frankfurt am Main, Germany)

Abstract

Background: Containing the spread of the COVID-19 rests on many people willing to get vaccinated. At the same time, it is important to recognize the various socio-demographic factors associated with COVID-19 vaccination. This paper aims to identify socio-demographic and health factors related to the COVID-19 vaccine and its impact on subjective well-being in urban Pakistan. Methods: Pooled cross-sectional sample surveys collected in 2021 and 2022 ( n = 4500 households) via a questionnaire provided to household’s heads. In each wave, data were collected using the same methodology, sample size and sampling techniques (proportional stratified random sampling). An ordered probit regression model was used to identify the various socio-demographic and health factors related to the COVID-19 vaccine and its impact on subjective well-being. Sample weights were applied to all the regression analyses to improve population generalizability. Results and conclusion: Besides socio-demographic factors such as being healthy, educated and richer, coronavirus vaccination plays a positive and significant role in overall subjective well-being. However, vaccination has a smaller effect on men or older populations compared to women or younger populations in terms of their subjective well-being. Moreover, as expected, the vaccination has the strongest positive effect on the healthy population and its subjective well-being.

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  • Khadija Shams & Alexander Kadow, 2023. "Subjective Well-Being, Health and Socio-Demographic Factors Related to COVID-19 Vaccination: A Repeated Cross-Sectional Sample Survey Study from 2021–2022 in Urban Pakistan," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(16), pages 1-11, August.
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