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  bibo_abstract:
  - <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>@eng
  bibo_authorlist:
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Verena
      foaf_name: Bade, Verena
      foaf_surname: Bade
      foaf_workInfoHomepage: http://www.librecat.org/personId=3206
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Hendrik
      foaf_name: Schmitz, Hendrik
      foaf_surname: Schmitz
      foaf_workInfoHomepage: http://www.librecat.org/personId=48879
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Beatrice Baaba
      foaf_name: Tawiah, Beatrice Baaba
      foaf_surname: Tawiah
  bibo_doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0296976
  bibo_issue: '4'
  bibo_volume: 19
  dct_date: 2024^xs_gYear
  dct_isPartOf:
  - http://id.crossref.org/issn/1932-6203
  dct_language: eng
  dct_publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)@
  dct_title: Regional variations in vaccination against COVID-19 in Germany@
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