Gender differences in intention to be vaccinated against COVID-19 - a systematic review and meta-analysis

Zintel, Stephanie and Flock, Charlotte and Arbogast, Anna Lisa and Forster, Alice and von Wagner, Christian and Sieverding, Monika, Gender Differences in Intention to Vaccinate Against COVID-19 - A Systematic A systematic review and meta-analysis (March 12, 2021). available at SSRN: https: //ssrn.com/abstract=3803323 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3803323

Commentary

The aim of this study was to analyze whether there are gender differences in the intention to be vaccinated with COVID-19.

The study was analyzed by conducting a systematic review and meta-analytic calculations, and statistical tests of absolute frequency or sex differences in COVID-19 vaccination intention by sex were reported.

As a result, 60 studies were included in the review and data from 46 studies were available for meta-analytic calculations.

The majority of articles (58.3%) reported that men were more willing to be vaccinated, and meta-analysis calculations of 46 studies (n = 141 550) showed that most men stated that they would be vaccinated. Findings suggest that this effect is greater in different samples of health care workers than in unspecified samples of the general population.

In conclusion, the results of this study provide a valuable resource that shows that men are more willing to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.