Table 3.

Direct Support Professionals’ Experiences Around Vaccination Circumstances With Employers, People Supported, and Quality of Work-Life

Experiences around vaccination circumstances with employers	N	%
Employer requires vaccination to continue to be employed
Yes	278	8.0
No	3,353	92.0
Total	3,631	100.0
Employer or state offers a financial incentive for employee vaccination
Yes	697	25.0
No	2,080	75.0
Total	2,777	100.0
Employer offers paid time off (PTO) for employees to get vaccinated
Yes	526	21.0
No	1,936	79.0
Total	2,462	100.0
Experiences around vaccination circumstances with people supported	N	%
When people supported began to be vaccinated
December 2020	167	6.0
January 2021	698	25.0
February 2021	835	29.0
March 2021	663	23.0
April 2021	317	11.0
May 2021	142	5.0
June 2021	19	1.0
July 2021	7	<1.0
Total	2,848	100.0
People with intellectual and developmental disabilities who are vaccinated against COVID-19
None	167	5.0
Fewer than half of the people supported	190	6.0
More than half of the people supported	1,054	34.0
All	1,692	55.0
Total	3,103	100.0
Quality of work life since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic	N	%
Much better	248	7.0
Better	695	19.0
The same	1,533	42.0
Worse	889	24.0
Much worse	293	8.0
Total	3,658	100.0