The Role of Demographic Variables and Individual Cultural Values in Adaptation Behavior to Pandemic Measures and Vaccination Policies

Abstract

Abstract: Government and public health practitioners have implemented various restrictions and carried out activities related to vaccination in the fight against the pandemic. Some individuals adapt quickly, while others avoid it. This has led states and public health practitioners to take coercive measures. Differences in compliance with coercive measures necessitated the investigation of the cause. In this context, an answer has been sought to the question "How do individual cultural values affect the adaptation behavior of individuals to pandemic measures?". By considering the sub-dimensions of Hofstede's theory of cultural values, uncertainty avoidance and collectivist-individualism, the behavior of collectivist individuals and individuals who avoid uncertainty towards vaccination policy and pandemic measures. The population of the study is individuals over the age of 18 living in the city center of Isparta 300 people were reached using the convenience sampling method.Collectivism and avoidance of uncertainty affected compliance with pandemic measures.