Table 2.
Vaccine Attitudes and Vaccination Intention by Race
| Survey item | Vaccine attitudes | Vaccine attitudes BY vaccination intention | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black (% agree) | White (% agree) | Chi-square significance | Black Chi-square significance/ Gamma | White Chi-square significance/ Gamma | |
| COVID-19 vaccine is safe (confidence 1) | 31.7% | 52.8% | p = 0.00 | p = 0.00 | p = 0.00 |
| γ = 0.75 | γ = 0.85 | ||||
| COVID-19 vaccine is effective (confidence 2) | 41.5% | 52.8% | p = 0.03 | p = 0.00 | p = 0.00 |
| γ = 0.64 | γ = 0.86 | ||||
| I can get COVID-19 from the vaccine (confidence 3) | 48.0% | 33.4% | p = 0.005 | ns | p = 0.00 |
| γ = -0.41 | |||||
| The vaccines were developed and tested too quickly (confidence 4) | 66.7% | 66.9% | ns | ns | p = 0.00 |
| γ = – 0.55 | |||||
| I have personally experienced mistreatment in the medical care system in the past (confidence 5) | 26.8% | 25.6% | ns | ns | ns |
| I have personally experienced racism in the medical care system in the past (confidence 6) | 34.1% | 13.1% | p = 0.00 | ns | ns |
| Historical mistreatment of Black people in the medical care system makes me concerned about the vaccine (confidence 7) | 55.3% | 18.4% | p = 0.00 | ns | ns |
| It’s hard to know whom to trust when it comes to COVID-19 vaccine information (confidence 8) | 63.4% | 60.0% | ns | ns | p = 0.00 |
| γ = − 0.37 | |||||
| It’s hard to trust what public health officials say about the vaccine because of what happened with Flint water (confidence 9) | 65.9% | 54.4% | p = 0.03 | ns | p = 0.006 |
| γ = − 0.22 | |||||
| Public health officials lied during the Flint Water Crisis and are likely to lie again about the vaccine (confidence 10) | 69.9% | 56.4% | p = 0.01 | ns | p = 0.00 |
| γ = − 0.39 | |||||
| I don’t know where to sign up for a vaccine (convenience 1) | 22.8% | 24.3% | ns | ns | ns |
| It will be difficult to travel to a vaccination site (convenience 2) | 25.2% | 17.4% | ns | p = 0.02 | ns |
| γ = 0.37 | |||||
| I don’t have health insurance to pay for the vaccine (convenience 3) | 22.0% | 17.7% | ns | ns | ns |
| I am worried about taking time off from work to get the vaccine (complacency 1) | 22.0% | 11.1% | p = 0.004 | p = 0.04 | ns |
| γ = 0.36 | |||||
| I am worried about missing work if the side effects make me sick (complacency 2) | 41.5% | 30.2% | p = 0.02 | ns | ns |
| I fear needles (complacency 3) | 29.3% | 24.9% | ns | ns | ns |
| My family and friends don’t plan to get the vaccine (social influence) | 35.0% | 35.1% | ns | ns | p = 0.00 |
| γ = − 0.50 | |||||
| I want more information about the vaccine before I get vaccinated (information) | 58.5% | 61.0% | ns | p = 0.04 | p = 0.00 |
| γ = 0.07 | γ = − 0.10 | ||||
ns = not significant at p < 0.05