Nível de renda e hesitação à vacina da COVID-19 no Brasil

Ana Flávia Santos Souza; Evandro  Camargos Teixeira

doi:10.52292/j.estudecon.2026.5357

Authors

Ana Flávia Santos Souza Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Brasil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2717-6650
Evandro Camargos Teixeira Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Brasil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6470-2103

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.52292/j.estudecon.2026.5357

Keywords:

Income level, vaccine hesitancy, covid-19, probit, Brazil

Abstract

Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, vaccination has emerged as the main strategy to curb the spread of the virus, although vaccine hesitancy has been observed worldwide. This study examines the relationship between income level and COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Brazil, using the ownership of specific assets as proxies for income. To this end, a Probit model was estimated based on World Bank survey data collected between June and October 2021. The results reveal an inverse relationship between income level—particularly the ownership of cars, motorcycles, and a landline—and vaccine hesitancy.

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