TABLE 2—
Previous COVID-19 Diagnosis Among Essential Worker Groups by ACIP-Recommended Vaccination Phase and Select Characteristics for Those Who Worked Outside the Home Since January 1, 2021: Household Pulse Survey, United States, May 26–July 5, 2021
| Individual Characteristics | Unweighted No. | Weighted % (95% CI) | ||||
| All Who Worked Outside the Home Since Jan 1, 2021 (n = 99 473) | Phase 1a Health Care (n = 23 272)a | Phase 1b Education (n = 15 140)b | Phase 1b Noneducation (n = 13 495)c | Other Job Deemed “Essential” During COVID-19 Pandemic (n = 19 271) | ||
| All who worked outside the home since January 1, 2021 | 99 473 | 15.8 (15.4, 16.2) | 17.6 (16.6, 18.6) | 15.5 (14.1, 17.0) | 16.6 (15.6, 17.7) | 16.4 (15.3, 17.4) |
| Age, y | ||||||
| 18–29 | 8 427 | 17.2 (16.0, 18.4) | 19.6 (16.6, 22.9) | 16.1 (12.7, 20.0) | 16.8 (14.5, 19.2) | 17.6 (14.4, 21.2) |
| 30–44 | 29 264 | 16.5 (15.7, 17.4) | 17.8 (16.2, 19.5) | 15.1 (13.0, 17.3) | 16.8 (14.7, 19.0) | 16.7 (14.7, 18.8) |
| 45–64 | 43 682 | 15.9 (15.3, 16.6) | 18.4 (16.9, 20.0) | 16.0 (14.1, 18.1) | 17.8 (16.0, 19.8) | 16.0 (14.8, 17.2) |
| ≥ 65 | 18 100 | 11.4 (10.6, 12.2) | 11.4 (9.6, 13.5) | 13.6 (11.0, 16.5) | 11.3 (8.5, 14.6) | 13.5 (11.4, 15.9) |
| Gender | ||||||
| Male | 41 225 | 14.9 (14.4, 15.5) | 16.5 (14.1, 19.1) | 14.6 (12.5, 16.8) | 16.1 (14.8, 17.5) | 15.5 (14.2, 16.9) |
| Female | 58 248 | 16.7 (16.1, 17.3) | 18.1 (17.0, 19.2) | 15.9 (14.4, 17.6) | 17.6 (15.6, 19.7) | 17.9 (16.3, 19.6) |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 76 273 | 14.8 (14.3, 15.3) | 16.4 (15.4, 17.5) | 14.7 (13.3, 16.2) | 16.3 (15.1, 17.6) | 15.1 (14.2, 16.1) |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 6 843 | 15.7 (14.3, 17.1) | 18.6 (15.5, 22.0) | 15.8 (12.2, 19.9) | 14.2 (11.5, 17.3) | 16.6 (13.7, 20.0) |
| Hispanic | 8 600 | 21.5 (20.1, 23.0) | 24.8 (20.8, 29.3) | 20.0 (15.5, 25.2) | 20.9 (18.0, 24.0) | 22.6 (19.0, 26.6) |
| Non-Hispanic Asian | 4 169 | 10.4 (8.8, 12.3) | 11.9 (9.5, 14.5) | 11.1 (5.8, 18.9) | 12.9 (7.2, 20.8) | 6.5 (4.1, 9.7) |
| Non-Hispanic other/multiple races | 3 588 | 16.1 (14.3, 18.0) | 16.7 (12.9, 21.1) | 18.2 (11.8, 26.1) | 15.6 (11.0, 21.1) | 15.8 (12.1, 20.1) |
| Educational status | ||||||
| High school or less | 11 101 | 16.4 (15.3, 17.5) | 20.2 (16.4, 24.5) | 21.6 (17.2, 26.6) | 15.3 (13.5, 17.3) | 16.6 (14.4, 19.1) |
| Some college or college graduate | 60 149 | 16.6 (16.0, 17.2) | 18.7 (17.4, 20.1) | 15.4 (13.8, 17.2) | 18.2 (16.8, 19.6) | 16.7 (15.6, 18.0) |
| Above college graduate | 28 223 | 12.0 (11.4, 12.7) | 12.7 (11.6, 14.0) | 12.7 (11.5, 14.0) | 14.8 (12.2, 17.6) | 12.5 (10.6, 14.5) |
| Region | ||||||
| Northeast | 14 948 | 15.0 (13.9, 16.2) | 18.1 (15.6, 20.7) | 13.0 (10.3, 16.0) | 17.1 (13.6, 21.1) | 15.0 (12.6, 17.7) |
| Midwest | 31 027 | 17.2 (16.5, 17.9) | 17.5 (15.8, 19.2) | 18.8 (16.6, 21.1) | 17.3 (15.9, 18.7) | 18.8 (17.1, 20.7) |
| South | 22 005 | 15.9 (15.2, 16.7) | 18.6 (17.1, 20.2) | 15.6 (13.6, 17.9) | 15.8 (13.7, 18.1) | 16.3 (14.4, 18.3) |
| West | 31 493 | 13.9 (13.1, 14.7) | 16.4 (14.8, 18.2) | 11.8 (9.6, 14.4) | 16.2 (13.6, 19.0) | 12.9 (11.0, 15.1) |
| Marital statusd | ||||||
| Married | 59 242 | 15.6 (15.1, 16.1) | 17.1 (15.8, 18.4) | 15.6 (14.0, 17.4) | 17.6 (16.0, 19.2) | 15.4 (14.3, 16.5) |
| Widowed/divorced/separated | 19 557 | 16.2 (15.2, 17.2) | 18.7 (16.3, 21.3) | 13.2 (11.0, 15.7) | 17.5 (14.7, 20.6) | 17.3 (14.7, 20.2) |
| Never married | 20 133 | 16.0 (15.1, 16.8) | 18.1 (15.9, 20.4) | 16.4 (13.3, 19.9) | 15.2 (13.5, 17.0) | 17.6 (15.2, 20.1) |
| 2019 total household Income, $ | ||||||
| < 35 000 | 10 983 | 16.5 (15.1, 18.1) | 21.2 (17.7, 24.9) | 21.0 (16.0, 26.8) | 13.4 (11.5, 15.5) | 17.5 (14.2, 21.2) |
| 35 000–49 999 | 7 551 | 16.4 (14.5, 18.5) | 21.8 (17.8, 26.1) | 17.3 (12.4, 23.2) | 13.9 (11.1, 17.2) | 19.6 (15.3, 24.5) |
| 50 000–74 999 | 13 030 | 15.7 (14.6, 16.7) | 17.7 (15.7, 19.9) | 14.3 (11.7, 17.2) | 18.0 (14.8, 21.6) | 15.1 (12.5, 17.9) |
| ≥ 75 000 | 43 056 | 14.5 (13.9, 15.1) | 14.8 (13.6, 16.0) | 14.5 (13.0, 16.1) | 18.1 (16.1, 20.2) | 14.2 (12.8, 15.7) |
| Did not report | 24 853 | 16.7 (15.9, 17.6) | 18.1 (16.3, 20.0) | 15.1 (12.8, 17.6) | 17.2 (15.4, 19.1) | 17.8 (15.8, 20.0) |
| Employment status (last 7 d)d | ||||||
| Employed | 79 511 | 15.9 (15.5, 16.4) | 18.0 (16.9, 19.2) | 14.7 (13.3, 16.1) | 17.0 (15.9, 18.0) | 16.0 (14.9, 17.1) |
| Not employed/not in work force | 19 837 | 15.3 (14.5, 16.2) | 15.8 (13.4, 18.4) | 18.6 (15.5, 22.0) | 15.1 (12.5, 18.0) | 20.1 (16.2, 24.4) |
| Health insurance statusd | ||||||
| Insurance | 77 536 | 15.4 (14.8, 15.9) | 17.3 (16.1, 18.4) | 15.5 (14.0, 17.1) | 17.0 (15.6, 18.5) | 15.3 (14.1, 16.5) |
| No insurance | 4 114 | 15.8 (13.4, 18.4) | 16.4 (12.6, 20.7) | 16.2 (9.2, 25.6) | 12.1 (8.7, 16.2) | 19.6 (14.0, 26.3) |
Note. ACIP = Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices; CI = confidence interval. The essential worker categories (1a, 1b education, 1b noneducation) are based on the ACIP’s Updated Interim Recommendation for Allocation of COVID-19.17
a
Phase 1a healthcare: healthcare, social service, and death care.
b
Phase 1b education: preschool or day care, kindergarten through 12th grade (K-12) school, and other schools and instructional settings.
c
Phase 1b noneducation: first response; correctional facility; food and beverage store; agriculture, forestry, fishing, or hunting; food manufacturing facility; nonfood manufacturing facility; public transit; US Postal Service.
d
Question seen but category not selected or missing for some respondents.