TABLE 5.
Attitude toward Covid‐19 vaccination | N | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Refuse | If required | Not sure | Probably | Definitely | ||
All U.S. adults | 17% | 12% | 22% | 24% | 25% | 2737 |
Trust in broadcast news about Covid‐19 γ = 0.40 | ||||||
−5 to −4 | 46% | 12% | 29% | 9% | 5% | 226 |
−3 to −2 | 29 | 16 | 22 | 17 | 15 | 384 |
−1 to +1 | 18 | 14 | 26 | 24 | 19 | 1023 |
+2 to +3 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 32 | 34 | 772 |
+4 to +5 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 27 | 47 | 332 |
Trust in experts about Covid‐19 γ = 0.43 | ||||||
−5 to −4 | 42 | 17 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 132 |
−3 to −2 | 41 | 12 | 22 | 19 | 6 | 228 |
−1 to +1 | 22 | 16 | 31 | 16 | 15 | 805 |
+2 to +3 | 13 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 27 | 909 |
+4 to +5 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 31 | 44 | 662 |
Trust in social media sources about Covid‐19 γ = 0.15 | ||||||
−5 to −4 | 30 | 14 | 24 | 17 | 16 | 387 |
−3 to −2 | 20 | 13 | 17 | 24 | 28 | 773 |
−1 to +1 | 14 | 11 | 24 | 27 | 25 | 1405 |
+2 to +3 | 10 | 12 | 19 | 25 | 35 | 151 |
+4 to +5 | 4 | 13 | 39 | 17 | 26 | 23 |
Frequency of information acquisition about Covid‐19 γ = 0.18 | ||||||
0–39 times/year | 23 | 18 | 28 | 19 | 13 | 531 |
40–103 times/year | 21 | 11 | 24 | 24 | 21 | 560 |
104–175 times/year | 18 | 10 | 18 | 25 | 30 | 550 |
176–249 times/year | 13 | 10 | 19 | 25 | 33 | 546 |
250–365 times/year | 13 | 11 | 20 | 29 | 27 | 552 |
Gamma is a proportional‐reduction‐of‐error statistic (see Ref. [8]).