Predictors of COVID-19 vaccination status: a nationwide linkage study in Czechia
Dagmar Dzúrová, Klára Benešová, Josef Bernard, Klára Hulíková Tesárková, Jiří Jarkovský, Lukáš Kahoun, Gabriela Kšiňanová, Jan Mužík, Pavlína Netrdová, Daniel Szabo, Martin Bobák · 2026
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Dagmar Dzurova and co-authors link national records to find who skipped COVID-19 vaccination in Czechia in a 2026 paper. Evidence from Central and Eastern Europe was thin, and surveys can mislead. The team instead linked health, insurance, and social registries for nearly six and a half million adults, using recorded shots and recorded traits rather than self-reports.
About twenty-two percent were unvaccinated at the end of 2023. Every trait tested mattered after adjustment, but money stood out. Among the poorest fifth who received social benefits, over forty-two percent were unvaccinated, with odds nearly four times those of the richest fifth. Unemployment also raised the odds, while more illness and having a regular doctor lowered them. The authors call the inequality substantial and policy-relevant.
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| CREATOR | Dagmar Dzúrová, Klára Benešová, Josef Bernard, Klára Hulíková Tesárková, Jiří Jarkovský, Lukáš Kahoun, Gabriela Kšiňanová, Jan Mužík, Pavlína Netrdová, Daniel Szabo, Martin Bobák |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 28 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |