Table 3.
Prevalence of reasons for vaccine hesitancy among hesitanta employed 18–64 year-old US adults overall, and for health care practitioners, healthcare support, and educators, April 20-May 19, 2021.
| Total employed N = 55375 |
HC Practitioners/Technicians N = 3602 |
HC Support N = 2447 |
Educators N = 2580 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| % (95% CI) | ||||
| Reasons | ||||
| Side effects | 51.7 (51.1, 52.2) | 52.5 (50.5, 54.4) | 54.6 (52.1, 57.1) | 56.3 (54.0, 58.6) |
| Don’t trust COVID-19 vaccine | 51.3 (50.8, 51.8) | 48.0 (46.0, 50.0) | 48.9 (46.5, 51.4) | 44.9 (42.7, 47.2) |
| Do not need | 45.1 (44.6, 45.7) | 40.3 (38.3, 42.3) | 36.4 (34.0, 38.8) | 41.7 (39.4, 44.0) |
| Don't trust government | 44.6 (44.1, 45.2) | 35.8 (33.8, 37.7) | 38.3 (35.8, 40.7) | 34.5 (32.3, 36.8) |
| Wait to see if safe then maybe later | 35.2 (34.7, 35.8) | 39.2 (37.2, 41.1) | 42.4 (39.9, 44.9) | 43.8 (41.5, 46.1) |
| Don’t know if it will work | 24.2 (23.8, 24.7) | 22.2 (20.5, 23.9) | 24.3 (22.2, 26.4) | 24.3 (22.3, 26.3) |
| Allergic reaction | 22.6 (22.1, 23.0) | 22.0 (20.5, 23.6) | 28.2 (25.9, 30.4) | 24.9 (22.9, 26.9) |
| Don’t like vaccines | 15.0 (14.6, 15.4) | 10.8 (9.6, 12.1) | 12.9 (10.8, 15.0) | 13.1 (11.4, 14.8) |
| Other people need more | 14.2 (13.8, 14.6) | 11.9 (10.6, 13.2) | 12.7 (11.2, 14.3) | 14.2 (12.5, 15.8) |
| Doctor not recommended | 9.4 (9.0, 9.7) | 9.3 (8.1, 10.4) | 7.7 (6.5, 8.9) | 10.8 (9.4, 12.2) |
| Safety concern because of health condition | 9.0 (8.7, 9.3) | 11.9 (10.7, 13.2) | 13.3 (11.8, 14.9) | 14.8 (13.1, 16.5) |
| Against religion | 8.6 (8.3, 8.9) | 8.7 (7.6, 9.8) | 8.3 (6.5, 10.1) | 8.6 (7.1, 10.0) |
| Currently/planning to be pregnant/breastfeeding | 6.9 (6.6, 7.1) | 14.3 (12.9, 15.7) | 12.0 (10.3, 13.6) | 13.9 (12.2, 15.5) |
| Cost | 3.3 (3.1, 3.5) | 2.1 (1.5, 2.7) | 2.4 (1.7, 3.1) | 1.9 (1.3, 2.5) |
| Other | 17.1 (16.7, 17.5) | 15.9 (14.5, 17.4) | 12.9 (11.3, 14.5) | 13.4 (11.8, 15.0) |
HC = healthcare.
a
Those who reported they would “definitely not” or “probably not” get the vaccine if offered one today were considered vaccine hesitant.