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Interestingly, in Australia, the wealthier suburbs tend to have lower rates of vaccination than the “working class” suburbs.
by throwaway73838 5y ago
Interestingly, in Australia, the wealthier suburbs tend to have lower rates of vaccination than the “working class” suburbs.
- MauroIksem 5y agoThe same is true in the states. I live in a very affluent country and our rates best in state despite being home to a large university.
- MauroIksem 5y agoCounty*
- seanmcdirmid 5y agoPretty sure university towns are full of educated people, students seeking education, and lots of other things that would tend to higher vaccination rates.
- xxpor 5y agoDo wealthier suburbs tend to support the Liberals more? The US is pretty backwards where the higher income you are, the more likely you are to support the democrats (obviously a huge generalization). The question really seems to be is which direction is the cause and effect.
- TheCoelacanth 5y ago> The US is pretty backwards where the higher income you are, the more likely you are to support the democrats That might feel correct because high income geographic areas tend to vote Democratic and low income geographic areas tend to vote Republican, but it's the opposite for individual voters[1][2]. High income voters skew Republican and low income voters skew Democratic. [1] https://dasil.sites.grinnell.edu/2020/05/the-demographic-profiles-of-democrats-and-republicans/ https://dasil.sites.grinnell.edu/2020/05/the-demographic-pro... [2] https://www.statista.com/statistics/940427/2018-midterm-election-exit-polls-votes-by-income/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/940427/2018-midterm-elec...
- bjourne 5y agoWealthier doesn't mean smarter. It may be that wealthier is associated with right-wing politics which in turn is associated with various anti-vaccine conspiracy theories.