Discriminatory attitudes against unvaccinated people during the pandemic

Nature Vol/Iss. 613 Nature Published In Pages: 704-711
By Bor, Alexander, Jørgensen, Frederik, Petersen, Michael Bang

Hypothesis

Higher social trust in a country is associated with stronger exclusionary attitudes.

Note

This is explained by suggesting that social trust creates moral expectations, resulting in harsher attitudes towards those who do not meet these expectations. The 95% confidence interval suggests that this relationship exists (ρ = 0.57, 95% confidence interval = 0.19-0.81).

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
Spearman's rhoSupportedUNKNOWNrho=0.57UNKNOWN

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
Exclusionary attitudes towards the unvaccinatedDependentIngroup Antagonisms
Social trustIndependentEthos