TABLE 3.
Mean “How Much Do You Trust” Score for COVID-19 Vaccination Information Sources Across Racial Groups at Time Points 1 (February/March 2021) and 2 (November 2021)
February/March 2021 | November 2021 | |||||||||
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Total population (N = 2,098) | Black population (N = 344) | White population (N = 1,566) | Other population (N = 188) | P value | Total population (N = 1,174) | Black population (N = 233) | White population (N = 828) | Other population (N = 113) | P value | |
Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | |||
Family members | 7.41 (2.77) | 6.92 (3.06) | 7.57 (2.67) | 6.99 (2.84) | < 0.001 | 7.57 (2.78) | 7.23 (2.97) | 7.71 (2.66) | 7.20 (3.15) | 0.020 |
Friends in your community | 6.35 (2.60) | 5.49 (2.78) | 6.61 (2.50) | 5.78 (2.69) | < 0.001 | 6.24 (2.75) | 5.50 (2.99) | 6.45 (2.65) | 6.25 (2.70) | < 0.001 |
Nonmedical leaders in your community | 5.13 (2.78) | 4.93 (2.83) | 5.22 (2.75) | 4.74 (2.83) | 0.030 | 5.24 (2.80) | 5.22 (2.88) | 5.29 (2.78) | 4.87 (2.83) | 0.320 |
Your local pharmacist | 6.93 (2.45) | 6.48 (2.74) | 7.13 (2.32) | 6.13 (2.66) | < 0.001 | 7.09 (2.63) | 6.70 (2.95) | 7.25 (2.53) | 6.75 (2.58) | 0.006 |
Your doctors | 7.90 (2.36) | 7.42 (2.78) | 8.11 (2.19) | 7.12 (2.60) | < 0.001 | 7.86 (2.53) | 7.35 (2.81) | 8.03 (2.43) | 7.63 (2.50) | 0.001 |
The governor of your state | 5.58 (3.04) | 5.32 (2.99) | 5.72 (3.05) | 4.94 (2.89) | 0.001 | 5.27 (3.12) | 5.13 (3.15) | 5.32 (3.13) | 5.22 (3.04) | 0.710 |
Former President Donald Trump | 3.98 (3.37) | 2.19 (2.36) | 4.41 (3.45) | 3.68 (3.15) | < 0.001 | 4.28 (3.43) | 3.03 (2.89) | 4.73 (3.50) | 3.48 (3.17) | <0.001 |
President Joseph Biden | 5.81 (3.37) | 6.70 (2.99) | 5.66 (3.44) | 5.45 (3.27) | < 0.001 | 4.83 (3.40) | 5.50 (3.38) | 4.58 (3.39) | 5.26 (3.27) | <0.001 |
Dr Anthony Fauci | 6.18 (3.31) | 6.54 (3.29) | 6.19 (3.29) | 5.43 (3.36) | 0.001 | 5.24 (3.45) | 5.57 (3.40) | 5.12 (3.51) | 5.45 (3.15) | 0.170 |
Pharmaceutical companies | 5.55 (2.84) | 5.01 (2.89) | 5.74 (2.81) | 4.92 (2.88) | < 0.001 | 4.83 (2.99) | 4.91 (2.97) | 4.79 (2.99) | 4.94 (3.01) | 0.780 |
Vaccine information source trust score range: 0 (Do not trust at all) to 10 (trust a great deal).