COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and reasons for hesitancy among essential and non-essential workers
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Series Title(s):
- ASPE research report
- Author(s):
- Beleche, Trinidad, author Ross, Tamia, author Marus, Jessica, author Karimi, Madjid, author Grigorescu, Violanda, author
- Contributor(s):
- United States. Department of Health and Human Services. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, issuing body.
- Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, March 2023
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Attitude of Health Personnel COVID-19 Vaccines Health Behavior Health Personnel Patient Acceptance of Health Care Vaccination Hesitancy -- statistics & numerical data United States
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- Increasing uptake of COVID-19 vaccination and addressing vaccine hesitancy remain critical to mitigate public health and economic impacts of the pandemic, particularly among those who are likely to be at greatest risk of exposure to the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Using 2021-2022 survey data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s Household Pulse Survey, we examined sociodemographic factors and trends in vaccine hesitancy among workers based on the likelihood of exposure risk to SARS-CoV-2. We classified work setting into three categories: essential healthcare, essential non-healthcare, and non-essential. Our findings suggest that vaccine hesitancy varied by work setting and over time. Hesitancy was lowest among front line healthcare workers and highest among essential workers outside the healthcare work setting. We found some variation in factors such as age, education, insurance coverage status, and race and ethnicity with respect to the odds of being hesitant across all work settings. For example, across all work settings, those aged 18-29 were more likely to be hesitant than those aged 65+. By contrast, non-essential workers without a college education were more likely to be hesitant than those with college education, but we did not find this association among essential workers. Concerns about side effects was the most frequently cited reason for hesitancy across all work settings and over time, with essential healthcare workers citing it most frequently. In addition, the frequency of concerns regarding trust in government or vaccines varied across the three work settings and over time.
- Copyright:
- The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (37 pages))
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 9918627488106676 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/9918627488106676