Religion, Trust, and Vaccine Hesitancy in Australia

An Examination of Two Surveys

Authors

  • Thomas Aechtner The University of Queensland
  • Jeremy Farr University of Queensland

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/jasr.22476

Keywords:

vaccine hesitancy, religion, trust, Australia, spirituality

Abstract

Religion has been identified as a potential driver of vaccine hesitancy. Nevertheless, the connections between religion and immunisation refusal can be complex, while there is a deficit of research exploring religion and vaccination doubts in Australia. With that in mind, this study considers Australian vaccine hesitancy with respect to religion and trust by analysing the 2018 Australian Survey of Social Attitudes and the Australian dataset of the 2018 Wellcome Global Monitor. Statistical analyses reveal no significant correlations between religion and vaccine hesitancy, while participants with negative vaccine attitudes identify that they do not have religious reasons for being vaccine hesitant. Nonetheless, a higher proportion of respondents with negative vaccine attitudes self-identify as religious or spiritual and maintain pro-religious views. It was also found that negative vaccine attitudes are correlated with unfavourable perceptions of both Jews and Muslims. Notably, religious self-identification divides two main groups of vaccine hesitant participants, described as Religious Conservatives and Nonreligious Progressives. These groups diverge on sexual ethics and social concerns, as well as around whether they trust in science as opposed to religion, while differing in their perceptions of Jews. What unites these vaccine hesitant participants, however, is a mutual lack of trust in government and scientists. 

Author Biographies

  • Thomas Aechtner, The University of Queensland

    Thomas Aechtner is an Associate Professor in the School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry at the University of Queensland, Australia. His research focuses on science and mass persuasion, including religiously motivated vaccine hesitancy, antievolutionism, scientism, and public perceptions of science.

  • Jeremy Farr, University of Queensland

    Jeremy Farr is a PhD candidate in the University of Queensland’s School of Social Science. His research interests include archaeobotany, historical ecology, and environmental sustainability of food systems in Sub Saharan Africa. He is also interested in the sociology of art, religion, public health, and vaccine hesitancy

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Published

2022-07-22

How to Cite

Aechtner, T., & Farr, J. (2022). Religion, Trust, and Vaccine Hesitancy in Australia: An Examination of Two Surveys. Journal for the Academic Study of Religion, 35(2), 218-244. https://doi.org/10.1558/jasr.22476