The Social and Spatial Stratification of Vaccinal Patterns in Berlin Following Re-Unification

Efforts by health authorities to stress the importance of herd immunity in the light of a resurgence of seemingly vanquished childhood diseases have frequently met with poor response rates. Investigating whether reunified Berlin can achieve a desirable herd immunity of 80% - 85% against diphtheria, this paper examines the potential influence of socio-demographic variables (age, gender, social circumstances, migration background) on vaccine-uptake. Secondly, it investigates historically diverging vaccinal policies in Berlin as well as recent changes to monitoring coverage in their effect on immunisation-related behaviour

Biology · Geography · Social science · Social stratification · Sociology · Stratification (seeds · Unification · Computer Science · Immune responses and vaccinations · Zoonotic diseases and public health