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. 2021 Jan 8;270:113684. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.113684

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)