---
_id: '59346'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: <jats:p>Vaccination willingness against COVID-19 is generally perceived as
    low. Moreover, there is large heterogeneity across and within countries. As a
    whole, Germany has average vaccination rates compared to other industrialized
    countries. However, vaccination rates in the 16 different German federal states
    differ by more than 20 percentage points. We describe variation in vaccination
    rates on the level of the 400 German counties using data on all vaccinations carried
    out until December 2022. Around 52-72% of that variation can be explained by regional
    differences in demographic characteristics, housing, education and political party
    preferences. We find indications that the remaining part may be due to differences
    in soft factors such as risk aversion, trust in the German government, trust in
    science, and beliefs in conspiracy theories regarding the origins of the Corona
    virus. We conclude that improving the trust in science and the fight against conspiracy
    theories may possibly be effective tools to improve vaccination rates and effectively
    fight pandemics.</jats:p>
article_number: e0296976
author:
- first_name: Verena
  full_name: Bade, Verena
  id: '3206'
  last_name: Bade
- first_name: Hendrik
  full_name: Schmitz, Hendrik
  id: '48879'
  last_name: Schmitz
- first_name: Beatrice Baaba
  full_name: Tawiah, Beatrice Baaba
  last_name: Tawiah
citation:
  ama: Bade V, Schmitz H, Tawiah BB. Regional variations in vaccination against COVID-19
    in Germany. <i>PLOS ONE</i>. 2024;19(4). doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0296976">10.1371/journal.pone.0296976</a>
  apa: Bade, V., Schmitz, H., &#38; Tawiah, B. B. (2024). Regional variations in vaccination
    against COVID-19 in Germany. <i>PLOS ONE</i>, <i>19</i>(4), Article e0296976.
    <a href="https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0296976">https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0296976</a>
  bibtex: '@article{Bade_Schmitz_Tawiah_2024, title={Regional variations in vaccination
    against COVID-19 in Germany}, volume={19}, DOI={<a href="https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0296976">10.1371/journal.pone.0296976</a>},
    number={4e0296976}, journal={PLOS ONE}, publisher={Public Library of Science (PLoS)},
    author={Bade, Verena and Schmitz, Hendrik and Tawiah, Beatrice Baaba}, year={2024}
    }'
  chicago: Bade, Verena, Hendrik Schmitz, and Beatrice Baaba Tawiah. “Regional Variations
    in Vaccination against COVID-19 in Germany.” <i>PLOS ONE</i> 19, no. 4 (2024).
    <a href="https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0296976">https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0296976</a>.
  ieee: 'V. Bade, H. Schmitz, and B. B. Tawiah, “Regional variations in vaccination
    against COVID-19 in Germany,” <i>PLOS ONE</i>, vol. 19, no. 4, Art. no. e0296976,
    2024, doi: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0296976">10.1371/journal.pone.0296976</a>.'
  mla: Bade, Verena, et al. “Regional Variations in Vaccination against COVID-19 in
    Germany.” <i>PLOS ONE</i>, vol. 19, no. 4, e0296976, Public Library of Science
    (PLoS), 2024, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0296976">10.1371/journal.pone.0296976</a>.
  short: V. Bade, H. Schmitz, B.B. Tawiah, PLOS ONE 19 (2024).
date_created: 2025-04-04T10:44:50Z
date_updated: 2025-04-11T06:00:09Z
department:
- _id: '281'
- _id: '475'
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0296976
intvolume: '        19'
issue: '4'
language:
- iso: eng
publication: PLOS ONE
publication_identifier:
  issn:
  - 1932-6203
publication_status: published
publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
status: public
title: Regional variations in vaccination against COVID-19 in Germany
type: journal_article
user_id: '37953'
volume: 19
year: '2024'
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