ArticleThe Lancet regional health. Europe2022
The social patterning of Covid-19 vaccine uptake in older adults: A register-based cross-sectional study in Sweden.
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- A systematic review and meta-analysis of the effectiveness and safety of COVID-19 vaccination in older adults.Frontiers in immunology · 2023Pooled it
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- The role of vaccination, underlying health conditions, and working in healthcare in the socioeconomic disparities in COVID-19 hospitalization: a mediation analysis using interventional effect models.BMC infectious diseases · 2026Article
- Delayed access to COVID-19 vaccination among migrants in Spain during 2021: an electronic health records-based study.Journal of migration and health · 2026Article
- Differences in COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and uptake according to region of birth: findings from a cross-sectional survey in Sweden.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Long-term healthcare use of COVID-19 cases in 2020: a two-year follow-up in Stockholm, Sweden.Annals of medicine · 2025Article
- Effect of COVID-19 vaccination appointment letters on uptake by sociodemographic characteristics: a regression discontinuity analysis in Sweden, December 2020 to September 2021.European journal of public health · 2025Article
- Bridging the digital divide: Understanding COVID-19 diagnostic and vaccination experiences in a socioeconomically disadvantaged neighborhood in Sweden.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- Barriers and motivators associated with COVID-19 vaccination-a vaccine acceptance scoring system based on a population survey in southern Sweden.European journal of public health · 2025Article
- Between intention and action: the paradoxes of female vaccination.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2025Article
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- Experiences of discrimination and their impact on healthcare utilization: non-uptake of covid-19 vaccination.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Health aspects and lifestyle of licensed manual therapists during the COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden: The CAMP cohort study.PloS one · 2025Article
- Digital Gamification Tool (Let's Control Flu) to Increase Vaccination Coverage Rates: Proposal for Algorithm Development.JMIR research protocols · 2024Article
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- COVID-19 vaccine uptake in Skåne county, Sweden, in relation to individual-level and area-level sociodemographic factors: a register-based cross-sectional analysis.BMJ public health · 2024Article
- Area and individual level analyses of demographic and socio-economic disparities in COVID-19 vaccination uptake in Belgium.Vaccine: X · 2024Article
- Coverage of primary and booster vaccination against COVID-19 by socioeconomic level: A nationwide cross-sectional registry study.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2023Article
- Sociodemographic and socioeconomic disparities in COVID-19 vaccine uptake in Belgium: a nationwide record linkage study.Journal of epidemiology and community health · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundA broad vaccination coverage is crucial for preventing the spread of Covid-19 and reduce serious illness or death. The aim of this study was to examine social inequalities in Covid-19 vaccination uptake as of 17th May 2021 among Swedish adults aged ≥ 60 years.
methodsThe study population comprised a general population cohort aged 60 years or older (
findingsThe overall vaccination coverage was 87·2% by 17th May 2021. Younger age, male sex, lower income, living alone, and being born outside Sweden, were all associated with a lower uptake of vaccination. The lowest Covid-19 vaccination uptake was seen in individuals born in low-or middle-income countries, of which only 60% had received vaccination, with an odds ratio (OR) of not being vaccinated of 6·05 (95% CI: 5·85-6·26) compared to individuals born in Sweden. These associations persisted after adjustments for possible confounding factors. The intersectional analyses showed even larger variations in vaccination in cross-classified sociodemographic subgroups (ranging from 44% to 97%) with marked differences in uptake of vaccination within sociodemographic groups.
interpretationThe uptake of Covid-19 vaccine during the spring of 2021 in Sweden varied substantially both between and within sociodemographic groups. The use of an intersectional approach, taking several overlapping social dimensions into account at the same time rather than only using one-dimensional measures, contributes to a better understanding of the complexity in the uptake of vaccination.
fundingSciLifeLab / Knut & Alice Wallenberg Foundation, Swedish Research Council, Swedish government ALF-agreement, FORMAS.
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