Table 2.

Reasons for hesitancy to pursue a COVID-19 vaccine by proportion of the United States population.

Reason for Refusal	Overall Percentage	White vs. Black	Male vs. Female
Vaccine Won't be Safe	17.83% (16.67, 18.99)	16.79% vs. 25.82% (15.50, 18.08 vs. 22.03, 29.61) −9.03**	13.22% vs. 22.35% (11.76, 14.69 vs. 20.56, 24.15) −9.13**
Vaccine Won't be Effective	15.55% (14.44, 16.67)	13.49% vs. 24.35% (12.29, 14.69 vs. 20.57, 28.13) −10.86**	11.45% vs. 19.46% (10.06, 12.84 vs. 17.73, 21.20) −8.01**
Lack of Insurance	6.22% (5.44, 7.00)	5.08% vs. 12.89% (4.27, 5.88 vs. 9.70, 16.09) −7.81**	6.50% vs. 5.71% (5.40, 7.61 vs. 4.62, 6.80) +0.79
Lack of Financial Resources	6.17% (5.40, 6.95)	5.27% vs. 9.14% (4.45, 6.09 vs. 6.36, 11.92) −3.87*	6.10% vs. 5.86% (5.02, 7.17 vs. 4.76, 6.96) +0.24
Already had COVID-19	3.31% (2.72, 3.90)	3.14% vs. 4.84% (2.49, 3.78 vs. 2.72, 6.96) −1.70	3.89% vs. 2.79% (3.01, 4.77 vs. 2.00, 3.57) +1.10
Other Reasons	7.41% (6.56, 8.25)	7.21% vs. 9.47% (6.27, 8.15 vs. 6.64, 12.29) −2.26	4.93% vs. 9.75% (3.95, 5.91 vs. 8.38, 11.12) −4.82**

Note. Percentages indicate the percentage of respondents who intend to forgo COVID-19 vaccination for each reason. Quantities in parentheses indicate 95% confidence intervals.

Quantities in parentheses indicate 95% confidence intervals. Significance determined using lincom command and survey weights in Stata. **p < 0.01, *p < 0.05.