TY - JOUR
T1 - Covid and the common good
T2 - In-group out-group dynamics and Covid-19 vaccination in Wales and the United States
AU - Saville, Christopher W.N.
AU - Mann, Robin
AU - Lockard, Anthony Scott
AU - Bark-Connell, Aidan
AU - Gabuljah, Stella Gmekpebi
AU - Young, April M.
AU - Thomas, Daniel Rhys
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 The Authors
PY - 2024/7
Y1 - 2024/7
N2 - Vaccination is a social act, where benefits spill-over to third parties. How we approach such social decisions is influenced by whether likely beneficiaries share salient social identities with us. This study explores these dynamics using representative survey data from two contexts: national identity groups in Wales (N = 4187) and political partisans in America (N = 4864). In both cases, those in the minority in their local area were less likely to be vaccinated. In Wales, respondents who did not identify as Welsh were less likely to be vaccinated the greater the proportion of residents of their local area identified as Welsh. In America, the vaccination rate of Biden voters fell off more steeply than that of Trump voters as the proportion of Trump voters in their county increased. Results are robust to controlling for likely confounds and sensitivity analyses. In-group out-group dynamics help to shape important health decisions.
AB - Vaccination is a social act, where benefits spill-over to third parties. How we approach such social decisions is influenced by whether likely beneficiaries share salient social identities with us. This study explores these dynamics using representative survey data from two contexts: national identity groups in Wales (N = 4187) and political partisans in America (N = 4864). In both cases, those in the minority in their local area were less likely to be vaccinated. In Wales, respondents who did not identify as Welsh were less likely to be vaccinated the greater the proportion of residents of their local area identified as Welsh. In America, the vaccination rate of Biden voters fell off more steeply than that of Trump voters as the proportion of Trump voters in their county increased. Results are robust to controlling for likely confounds and sensitivity analyses. In-group out-group dynamics help to shape important health decisions.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.117022
DO - 10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.117022
M3 - Article
C2 - 38850676
AN - SCOPUS:85195220252
SN - 0277-9536
VL - 352
JO - Social Science and Medicine
JF - Social Science and Medicine
M1 - 117022
ER -
