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. 2021 Mar 24;39(19):2698–2711. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.03.034

Table 7.

Distribution of Race/Ethnicity by Other Sociodemographic Characteristics Among Those Uncertain in Their Vaccine Intentions (Wait and Learn).

Survey Questions/Responses Total Sample, %a Race/Ethnicity, %b
Pc
White (Non-Hispanic) Black (Non-Hispanic) Hispanic Other (Non-Hispanic)
All 34 32 5 30



Sociodemographic Characteristics
 Gender 0.67
 Female 55 53 56 57 59
 Male 45 47 44 43 41



Age <0.01
 18–29 21 18 19 34 19
 30–44 27 23 28 31 37
 45–59 27 27 30 21 26
 ≥60 26 32 22 14 18



Education <0.01
 < High School 10 8 11 19 0
 High School 32 33 32 33 19
 Some College 29 28 29 29 38
 Bachelor or Higher 30 31 28 19 43



Region <0.01
 Northeast 17 18 17 12 23
 Midwest 21 27 16 10 10
 South 39 38 61 38 9
 West 23 17 6 40 57



Metropolitan Statistical Area Status <0.01
 Non-Metro 15 22 9 7 4
 Metro 85 78 91 93 96



Household Income <0.01
 < $50 K 30 30 38 34 13
 $50–85 K 25 24 27 28 20
 $85–150 K 28 29 23 26 33
 $150 K+ 17 16 12 12 33



Current Employment Status 0.12
 Working - as a paid employee 60 57 65 60 66
 Working - self-employed 6 5 5 10 3
 Not working - looking for work 6 6 8 7 3
 Not working - other 28 32 22 23 28



Household Size <0.01
 1 19 18 24 15 15
 2 32 34 28 20 47
 3 19 21 19 17 16
 ≥4 30 27 28 47 21



Political Affiliation <0.01
 Republican 28 40 4 13 23
 Democrat 31 17 64 48 26
 Independent 30 32 19 27 36
 Something else 11 10 13 11 15



Physical Health <0.01
 Excellent 9 8 9 10 10
 Very Good 36 36 35 38 42
 Good 40 42 41 37 33
 Fair 13 13 11 14 15
 Poor 1 1 3 2 0
a

Column percentages (of those uncertain in their vaccine intentions), weighted according to survey weights to achieve national representativeness.

b

Column percentages (of race/ethnicity), weighted according to survey weights to achieve national representativeness.

c

P-value for the Pearson chi-squared proportion test at significance level of (α) 5%; boldface indicates statistical significance (p < 0.05).