Table 1.
Summary statistics of responses to RADx-UP survey broken down by vaccination status.
| Demographics | Overall, N = 1124 | Vaccinated, N = 637 | Unvaccinated, N = 487 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vaccination status | N | % | N | % | N | % |
| Vaccinated | 637 | 57.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Age Group | N | % | N | % | N | % |
| 18–29 | 323 | 29.0% | 136 | 21.0% | 187 | 38.0% |
| 30–39 | 254 | 23.0% | 129 | 20.0% | 125 | 26.0% |
| 40–49 | 240 | 21.0% | 143 | 22.0% | 97 | 20.0% |
| 50–59 | 193 | 17.0% | 137 | 22.0% | 56 | 11.0% |
| 60–69 | 82 | 7.3% | 62 | 9.7% | 20 | 4.1% |
| 70+ | 32 | 2.8% | 30 | 4.7% | 2 | 0.4% |
| Sex | N | % | Mean | % | N | % |
| Female | 708 | 63.0% | 408 | 64.0% | 300 | 61.0% |
| Male | 416 | 37.0% | 229 | 36.0% | 187 | 38.0% |
| Education | N | % | N | % | N | % |
| 9th to 12th grade, no diploma | 54 | 4.8% | 18 | 2.8% | 36 | 7.4% |
| High school graduate or GED completed | 407 | 36.0% | 164 | 26.0% | 243 | 50.0% |
| Some college level/Technical/Vocational degree | 269 | 24.0% | 159 | 25.0% | 110 | 23.0% |
| Bachelor’s degree | 174 | 15.0% | 121 | 19.0% | 53 | 11.0% |
| Other advanced degree (Master’s, Doctoral degree) | 220 | 20.0% | 175 | 27.0% | 45 | 9.2% |
| Trust—Official Source of COVID-19 Information 1 | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD |
| U.S. Government | 1.18 | 1.10 | 1.42 | 1.12 | 0.85 | 0.98 |
| U.S. Coronavirus task force | 1.32 | 1.17 | 1.55 | 1.21 | 1.01 | 1.04 |
| Doctor or health care provider | 1.92 | 1.23 | 2.07 | 1.24 | 1.74 | 1.18 |
| News on the radio, TV, online, or in newspapers | 1.17 | 1.05 | 1.36 | 1.06 | 0.92 | 0.99 |
| Average overall | 1.40 | 1.00 | 1.60 *** | 1.05 | 1.13 | 0.87 |
| Trust—Unofficial Source of COVID-19 Information 1 | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD |
| Faith leaders | 1.09 | 1.24 | 1.00 | 1.23 | 1.21 | 1.25 |
| Close friends and family members | 1.56 | 1.15 | 1.58 | 1.15 | 1.53 | 1.16 |
| Classmates, colleagues or other people you know | 1.27 | 1.06 | 1.34 | 1.07 | 1.19 | 1.04 |
| Contacts on social media | 0.80 | 0.94 | 0.82 | 0.96 | 0.76 | 0.91 |
| Average overall | 1.18 | 0.89 | 1.19 | 0.90 | 1.17 | 0.86 |
| Consumption—Official Source of COVID-19 Information 2 | ||||||
| Local government officials (e.g., Governor, Mayor) | 1.47 | 1.17 | 1.66 | 1.21 | 1.23 | 1.07 |
| Federal government (e.g., President, White House Coronavirus Task Force) | 1.44 | 1.17 | 1.64 | 1.22 | 1.19 | 1.05 |
| Print or online news | 1.40 | 1.13 | 1.52 | 1.17 | 1.24 | 1.04 |
| TV or radio | 1.36 | 1.12 | 1.48 | 1.16 | 1.20 | 1.04 |
| Healthcare providers (e.g., Personal Physician/Doctor, Pharmacist, etc.) | 1.79 | 1.27 | 1.88 | 1.34 | 1.68 | 1.17 |
| Medical/Health websites (e.g., CDC, WebMD, etc.) | 1.65 | 1.21 | 1.77 | 1.26 | 1.48 | 1.11 |
| Average overall | 1.52 | 1.01 | 1.66 ** | 1.07 | 1.34 | 0.91 |
| Consumption—Unofficial Source of COVID-19 Information 2 | ||||||
| Friends, family or neighbors (not including social media) | 1.43 | 1.14 | 1.38 | 1.15 | 1.50 | 1.13 |
| Social media (e.g., Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, TikTok, etc.) | 1.05 | 1.08 | 1.03 | 1.10 | 1.08 | 1.05 |
| Average overall | 1.24 | 0.98 | 1.21 | 1.01 | 1.29 | 0.95 |
1 Question: How much do you trust each of these sources to provide correct information about COVID-19? Answers provided on a liker scale:—Not at all (0), A little (1), Somewhat (2) and A great deal (3); Reported values represent the mean of the liker scale while the standard deviation is shown inside the parenthesis. 2 Question: How often do you use or rely on the following sources to get information about the COVID-19 outbreak? Answers provided on a liker scale—Never (0), Rarely (1), Sometimes (2), Often (3) and Always (4). Reported values represent the mean of the liker scale while the standard deviation is shown inside the parenthesis. **, *** indicates pairwise statistical significance at p < 0.05, p < 0.01 by two-tailed t-test between the vaccinated vs unvaccinated groups.