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How Does Culture Affect Vaccination Opinion Polarisation? (1.0.0)

This model is to explore how individuals’ cultural backgrounds may play a role in their Covid vaccination decision-making. Two cultural dimensions of collectivism/individualism and power distance are considered. Through the experimental scenarios, we find that Covid-vaccination opinions in collectivist societies can also be considerably polarised, if the power distance is less and authorities less centralised. This result complements the popular idea that cultural collectivism is usually associated with a high degree of social consensus. Hopefully, this study will help explain countries’ difference in the response of Covid vaccination programs.

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PDI and IDV are two dimensions of culture.

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How Does Culture Affect Vaccination Opinion Polarisation? 1.0.0

Submitted by Teng Li Published Mar 10, 2025 Last modified Mar 10, 2025

This model is to explore how individuals’ cultural backgrounds may play a role in their Covid vaccination decision-making. Two cultural dimensions of collectivism/individualism and power distance are considered. Through the experimental scenarios, we find that Covid-vaccination opinions in collectivist societies can also be considerably polarised, if the power distance is less and authorities less centralised. This result complements the popular idea that cultural collectivism is usually associated with a high degree of social consensus. Hopefully, this study will help explain countries’ difference in the response of Covid vaccination programs.

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PDI and IDV are two dimensions of culture.

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Teng Li (2025, March 10). “How Does Culture Affect Vaccination Opinion Polarisation?” (Version 1.0.0). CoMSES Computational Model Library. Retrieved from: https://www.comses.net/codebases/faa59a19-62c5-4e80-aec1-08993e84cbad/releases/1.0.0/

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Teng Li
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No assigned DOI
Model Version
1.0.0
License
MIT
Programming Language
Netlogo 6.0.2
Software Framework
Netlogo 6.0.2
Operating System
Windows
Publish Date
Monday, March 10, 2025
Last Updated
Monday, March 10, 2025
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1.0.0 Teng Li Mon Mar 10 16:33:58 2025 Mon Mar 10 16:33:58 2025 Published

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