Table 3.
Intention to Get a COVID-19 Vaccine and Reasons for Not Getting Vaccinated by Race and Ethnicity
| Racial/ethnic groupa | Hispanic | Asian | Black | Other/ multiple | White | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sample size,b unweighted n (weighted %c) | ||||||
| Total | 29,343 | 15,361 | 21,505 | 11,638 | 262,217 | 340,064 |
| Vaccinated | 7,799 (18.87) | 5,212 (29.97) | 6,106 (21.40) | 3,384 (21.72) | 90,264 (26.87) | 112,765 (25.07) |
| Definitely will get vaccine | 12,328 (42.72) | 7,499 (49.62) | 6,801 (30.17) | 4,101 (34.45) | 111,717 (41.65) | 142,446 (40.78) |
| Probably will get vaccine | 5,151 (22.42) | 1,942 (15.22) | 4,457 (23.47) | 1,849 (18.98) | 29,463 (14.47) | 42,862 (16.79) |
| Probably not get vaccine | 2,355 (9.16) | 499 (3.40) | 2,630 (14.82) | 1,203 (13.35) | 17,719 (9.39) | 24,406 (9.75) |
| Definitely not get vaccine | 1,710 (6.82) | 209 (1.76) | 1,511 (10.12) | 1,101 (11.47) | 13,054 (7.60) | 17,585 (7.58) |
| Vaccine endorsersd | 20,127 (61.59) | 12,711 (79.59) | 12,907 (51.57) | 201,981 (68.51) | 7,485 (56.16) | 255,211 (65.85) |
| Undecidede | 7,506 (31.58) | 2,441 (18.62) | 7,087 (38.29) | 3,052 (32.33) | 47,182 (23.86) | 67,268 (26.54) |
| Reasons for not getting a COVID-19 vaccine,f weighted % (95% CI) | ||||||
| Concerns about side effects | 51.29 (49.19, 53.39) |
52.78 (49.71, 55.86) |
53.49 (51.65, 55.32) |
55.36 (52.49, 58.22) |
49.86 (49.07, 50.66) |
50.97 (50.41, 51.53) |
| Not knowing whether vaccine will work | 20.35 (18.96, 21.73) |
19.05 (16.16, 21.93) |
20.14 (18.61, 21.67) |
23.61 (21.29, 25.92) |
19.33 (18.81, 19.86) |
19.81 (19.37, 20.24) |
| Believing that they do not need a vaccine | 8.92 (7.88, 9.97) |
8.04 (5.99, 10.08) |
8.14 (7.18, 9.10) |
18.16 (16.10, 20.22) |
17.00 (16.36, 17.65) |
14.14 (13.68, 14.59) |
| Not liking vaccines | 7.57 (6.65, 8.48) |
6.15 (4.22, 8.09) |
9.34 (8.45, 10.23) |
13.34 (10.91, 15.76) |
9.36 (8.89, 9.84) |
9.14 (8.72, 9.56) |
| Doctor has not recommended | 5.70 (4.95, 6.45) |
3.69 (2.57, 4.82) |
7.65 (6.71, 8.59) |
10.03 (8.65, 11.41) |
6.96 (6.55, 7.36) |
6.88 (6.59, 7.18) |
| Plan to wait and see | 48.69 (46.53, 50.86) |
54.10 (51.13, 57.06) |
53.33 (51.56, 55.09) |
48.02 (45.51, 50.54) |
45.78 (45.06, 46.50) |
47.72 (47.07, 48.38) |
| Other people need it more | 29.53 (28.02, 31.03) |
31.39 (28.24, 34.55) |
18.16 (16.78, 19.55) |
29.73 (27.47, 31.99) |
31.92 (31.21, 32.63) |
29.42 (28.94, 29.90) |
| Concerns about cost | 11.11 (9.73, 12.49) |
10.12 (8.28, 11.96) |
6.33 (5.45, 7.21) |
9.93 (8.22, 11.63) |
6.88 (6.45, 7.30) |
7.75 (7.30, 8.21) |
| Not trusting COVID-19 vaccines | 17.48 (16.00, 18.95) |
9.66 (7.88, 11.43) |
24.57 (23.03, 26.11) |
25.15 (22.89, 27.41) |
21.96 (21.35, 22.58) |
21.34 (20.83, 21.84) |
| Not trusting the government | 15.64 (14.35, 16.92) |
6.06 (4.74, 7.39) |
18.03 (16.75, 19.30) |
23.57 (21.75, 25.39) |
20.76 (20.18, 21.33) |
19.17 (18.69, 19.64) |
Racial and ethnic groups include Hispanic or Latino (Hispanic), non-Hispanic Asian alone (Asian), non-Hispanic Black or African American alone (Black), non-Hispanic persons of other or multiple races (other/multiple), and non-Hispanic White alone (White).
Sample sizes are for the pooled logistic regression estimation sample and do not include respondents with missing explanatory variables.
Weighted percentages were calculated using person-level probability weights. CIs were calculated using replicate weights.
The vaccine endorsers sample includes respondents who are vaccinated or say that they definitely will get a COVID-19 vaccine.
The undecided sample includes respondents who said that they probably will or probably will not get a COVID-19 vaccine.
Responses for reasons for not getting a COVID-19 vaccine are restricted to those who say that they probably will, probably will not, or definitely will not get a COVID-19 vaccine.