Factors influencing vaccination willingness in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic: data from the CoCo-Fakt study
Leon Derakhshani, Sven Feddern, Barbara Grüne, Luis Haberstock, Annelene Kossow, Johannes Niessen, Susanne Rost, Gerhard A Wiesmüller, Nikola Schmidt, Christine Joisten · 2026
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Leon Derakhshani and co-authors study what shaped vaccine willingness in Germany during COVID-19 in a 2026 paper. Willingness to be vaccinated decided how fast the pandemic could be contained. The CoCo-Fakt study surveyed infected people and their contacts through health offices in Cologne and the Augsburg district, collecting social data, chronic illness, vaccine status, and self-rated health literacy.
In all, 9,705 people entered the analysis. Statistical models sorted which factors stood on their own as predictors of willingness. Such findings can guide future vaccination campaigns toward the groups and messages that matter most, rather than one-size-fits-all appeals.
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| CREATOR | Leon Derakhshani, Sven Feddern, Barbara Grüne, Luis Haberstock, Annelene Kossow, Johannes Niessen, Susanne Rost, Gerhard A Wiesmüller, Nikola Schmidt, Christine Joisten |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 43869 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |