Table 1.
Trust in COVID-19 vaccine.
Variables | Low trust (n = 242) % or Mean (SD) | High trust (n = 350) % or Mean (SD) | Total (n = 592) % or Mean (SD) |
---|---|---|---|
Age | 40.3 (10.8) | 39.6 (11.9) | 39.9 (11.4) |
Race | |||
White | 81.0 | 78.3 | 79.4 |
Black | 9.9 | 4.0 | 6.4 |
Asian | 5.4 | 9.7 | 7.9 |
Other | 3.7 | 8.0 | 6.3 |
Sex assigned at birth | |||
Male | 38.4 | .7 | 43.9 |
Female | 61.6 | 52.3 | 56.1 |
Income | |||
<$60,000 | 43.8 | 48.0 | 46.3 |
>$60,000 | 56.2 | 52.0 | 53.7 |
Education level | 51.7 | 59.4 | 56.3 |
Associate's degree or less Bachelor's degree or higher | 48.3 | 40.6 | 43.7 |
Not much can be done to prevent getting the coronavirus | |||
Strongly agree | 2.5 | 1.7 | 2.0 |
Agree | 9.1 | 4.0 | 6.1 |
Neither agree nor disagree | 18.6 | 8.6 | 12.7 |
Disagree | 51.2 | 50.6 | 50.8 |
Strongly disagree | 18.6 | 35.1 | 28.4 |
Likely to die from coronavirus | |||
Strongly agree | 2.9 | 2.6 | 2.7 |
Agree | 7.0 | 7.1 | 7.1 |
Neither agree nor disagree | 33.5 | 33.4 | 33.4 |
Disagree | 29.8 | 42.3 | 37.2 |
Strongly disagree | 26.9 | 14.6 | 19.6 |
Trying to spend less time around others | 80.2 | 94.0 | 88.3 |
Trust in sources of COVID-19 information | |||
High trust in the CDC | 42.6 | 78.6 | 63.9 |
High trust in the White House | 17.4 | 12.3 | 14.4 |
High trust in State Health Department | 44.6 | 77.1 | 63.9 |
High trust in the mainstream news | 20.2 | 44.0 | 34.3 |
High trust in Johns Hopkins University | 56.6 | 90.0 | 76.4 |
Political ideology | |||
Very conservative | 9.1 | 2.9 | 5.4 |
Conservative | 19.0 | 8.6 | 12.8 |
Slightly conservative | 9.5 | 9.7 | 9.6 |
Moderate | 28.9 | 14.9 | 20.6 |
Slightly Liberal | 12.4 | 14.6 | 13.7 |
Liberal | 12.0 | 34.0 | 25.0 |
Very Liberal | 9.1 | 15.4 | 12.8 |
Political affiliation | |||
Republican | 28.9 | 17.7 | 22.3 |
Democrat | 27.3 | 54.3 | 43.2 |
Independent | 36.4 | 25.7 | 30.1 |
Other | 7.4 | 2.3 | 4.4 |
Social Norm scale of COVID-19 prevention behaviors | −0.3 (1.1) | 0.2 (0.9) | 0.0 (1.0) |