Vaccination against COVID-19 in Europe: A Typology Based on Cluster Analysis

Cristea, Darie; Zamfirache, Irina; Zamfirescu, Raisa-Gabriela

doi:10.3390/ijerph19148603

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“…Furthermore, the clustered countries were listed in a table and visualized on a geographical map. Cluster analysis is useful to overcome linear modelling by making possible ambivalent typologies that contain categories that vary along multiple dimensions [1,16,19,[23][24][25][26][27].…”

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From Cybercrime to Digital Balance: How Human Development Shapes Digital Risk Cultures

Rughiniș,

Bran,

Stăiculescu

et al. 2024

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This article examines configurations of digital concerns within the European Union (EU27), a leading hub of innovation and policy development. The core objective is to uncover the social forces shaping technology acceptance and risk awareness, which are essential for fostering a resilient digital society in the EU. The study draws upon Bourdieu’s concept of capital to discuss technological capital and digital habitus and Beck’s risk society theory to frame the analysis of individual and national attitudes towards digital risks. Utilizing Eurobarometer data, the research operationalizes technological capital through proxy indicators of individual socioeconomic status and internet use, while country-level development indicators are used to predict aggregated national risk perception. Article contributions rely on individual- and country-level statistical analysis. Specifically, the study reveals that digital concerns are better predicted at a national level rather than individual level, being shaped by infrastructure, policy, and narrative rather than by personal technological capital. Key findings highlight a positive and a negative correlation between digital advancement with cybersecurity fears and digital literacy, respectively. HDI and DESI are relevant country-level predictors of public concerns, while CGI values are not. Using cluster analysis, we identify and interpret four digital risk cultures within the EU, each with varying foci and levels of concern, which correspond to economic, political, and cultural influences at the national level.

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From Cybercrime to Digital Balance: How Human Development Shapes Digital Risk Cultures

Rughiniș,

Bran,

Stăiculescu

et al. 2024

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“…Vaccination against COVID-19 has been a global challenge that has been accompanied by many fears and doubts about its efficacy, a situation that has been exacerbated by rumors and conspiracy theories [ 1 ] fueled by some public figures, which has led, in some countries, to a strong discourse against vaccination, mainly in the early discussions about vaccination against COVID-19 [ 2 ]. The need for the rapid development of vaccines has led to increased distrust [ 3 , 4 ] for different reasons, mainly related to possible side effects [13 of new] and distrust in the government [ 5 ], which, in some cases, has led to an increase in the rate of non-vaccination, a situation that may have been aggravated in the most vulnerable groups [ 6 ].…”

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Social Vulnerability and COVID-19 Vaccine in Spain

Pérez-Bermejo

Lozano

Moret-Tatay

et al. 2022

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Different analyses show that the design of vaccination policies should especially protect the most vulnerable social groups, since the level of acceptance is determined by the population’s knowledge, attitude and concerns about the safety and efficacy of vaccines. The objective of this work will be to detect the most socially vulnerable groups with respect to COVID-19 and to analyze the factors that influence predisposition to vaccination. This is a cross-sectional study using data from the Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas (CIS) on the Effects and Consequences of Coronavirus (Study 3346 of December 2021). Sociodemographic variables (sex, age, employment status, studies and subjective class identification) were extracted, as well as the answers to the questions indicating the attitude towards vaccination, corresponding to questions 7,8,10 and 11 of the study. The most vulnerable group was lower class women (self-perceived), under 45 years of age with lower educational level, unemployed or performing unpaid work in the home. Most of them are not predisposed to vaccinate only because of the obligation to do so, mainly due to lack of belief in the power and efficacy of vaccines, as well as fear of health risks/collateral side effects. The lower vaccine uptake in this vulnerable population group may be due to a lack of awareness and lower trust in the authorities, as well as the benefits of the vaccine, which could be related to a lack of policy targeting the most socially vulnerable populations.

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“…There was much discussion after September 11, 2001 about the concept of security culture [8], which was supposed to help maintain a certain vigilance of citizens in the face of asymmetric threats. The whole scaffolding was about the idea that we would accept a reasonable restriction of rights in order to gain more security.…”

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Social values, criminal risks, and security

Fîrțală,

Cristea

2023

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Compliance with the provisions of legal norms and prosocial conduct are directly related to the value system protected by these norms. The voluntary conformity of an individual to normative precepts is largely ensured by the consonance between the social values system to which significant majorities adhere in a society. The criminal risk increases as the values of the social group of belonging become more and more distant from the social values protected by normative acts. Such situations can be normal consequences of social change. The challenge posed by dissonances between formal and informal value systems has always been difficult for decision and policy makers to manage.

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Vaccination against COVID-19 in Europe: A Typology Based on Cluster Analysis

Cited by 4 publications

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From Cybercrime to Digital Balance: How Human Development Shapes Digital Risk Cultures

From Cybercrime to Digital Balance: How Human Development Shapes Digital Risk Cultures

Social Vulnerability and COVID-19 Vaccine in Spain

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