Marvin Reis, Niels Michalski, Susanne Bartig, Elisa Wulkotte, Christina Poethko-Müller, Daniel Graeber, Angelika Schaffrath Rosario, Claudia Hövener & Jens Hoebel (2024) In: Scientific Reports Abstract Combining the frameworks of fundamental causes theory and diffusion of innovation, scholars had anticipated a delayed COVID-19 vaccination uptake for people in lower socioeconomic position depending on the socioeconomic context. We qualify these propositions and analyze educational differences in COVID-19 vaccination status over the first ten months of Germany’s vaccination campaign in 2021. Data from the study “Corona Monitoring Nationwide” (RKI-SOEP-2), collected between November 2021 and February 2022, is linked with district-level data of the German Index of Socioeconomic Deprivation (GISD). We estimated the proportion of people with at least one vaccination dose stratified by educational groups and within different settings of regional socioeconomic deprivation at three time points. Logistic multilevel regression models were applied to adjust for multiple covariates and to test cross-level-interactions between educational levels and levels of area-level socioeconomic deprivation. Vaccination rates were lower among respondents with lower education. With increasing area-level socioeconomic deprivation, educational differences were larger due to particularly low vaccination rates in groups with low education levels. The analysis of vaccination timing reveals that educational gaps and gaps by area-level socioeconomic deprivation had appeared early in the vaccination campaign and did not close completely before the 4th wave of COVID-19 infections

Oct 14, 2024 | Social Stratification and Survey Methodology

Welcome Event M.A. Sociology - European Societies

Tuesday, 8 October 2024 | 09:30 – 16:30 | Lecture hall A, Ihnestr. 21, 14195 Berlin

Oct 04, 2024 | Institute of Sociology

Public Webinar: Movement Parties from the Left and their Political Consequences in Latin America and Southern Europe

14 October 2024 | 5:30 pm | Hybrid Event: WZB, room A 310 and via Zoom | prior registration required

Sep 27, 2024 | Political Sociology

Workshop: Movement Parties and Backlash Politics: A Relational Approach to Study Movement Parties' Impact on Contemporary Democracies

14-15 October 2024 | 09:00 am | WZB, room A 310 | organized by Swen Hutter & Sofia Donoso

Sep 27, 2024 | Political Sociology

Call for Papers for the General Online Research 2025 (GOR 25)

Sep 24, 2024 | Social Stratification and Survey Methodology

New publication: Expanding protest event analysis through videos

Donatella della Porta, Sophia Hunger, Swen Hutter

Sep 04, 2024 | Political Sociology

New publication: “Environmental protests in Europe“

Endre Borbáth, Swen Hutter

Sep 04, 2024 | Political Sociology

New publication: Determinants of Mental Health Inequalities Among People With Selected Citizenships in Germany.

Miriam Blume, Susanne Bartig, Lina Wollgast, Carmen Koschollek, Katja Kajikhina, Marleen Bug, Ulfert Hapke, Claudia Hövener (2024) In: International Journal of Public Health Abstract Objectives: Mental health is essential for overall health and is influenced by different social determinants. The aim of this paper was to examine which determinants are associated with mental health inequalities among people with selected citizenships in Germany. Methods: Data were derived from the multilingual interview survey “German Health Update: Fokus (GEDA Fokus)” among adults with Croatian, Italian, Polish, Syrian, or Turkish citizenship (11/2021–05/2022). Poisson regressions were used to calculate prevalence ratios for symptoms of depression (PHQ-9) and anxiety disorder (GAD-7). Results: Sociodemographic (sex, income, age, household size) and psychosocial (social support and self-reported discrimination) determinants were associated with symptoms of depression and/or anxiety disorder. The prevalence of mental disorders varied most by self-reported discrimination. Conclusion: Our findings suggest mental health inequalities among people with selected citizenships living in Germany. To reduce these, social inequities and everyday discrimination need to be addressed in structural prevention measures as well as in interventions on the communal level. Protective factors (e.g., social support) are also important to reduce mental health inequalities on the individual and community level.

Aug 27, 2024 | Social Stratification and Survey Methodology

Framing Refugees. How the Admission of Refugees is Debated in Six Countries Across the World.

Aug 15, 2024 | Prof. Dr. Jürgen Gerhards