Socioeconomic privilege and political ideology are associated with racial disparity in COVID-19 vaccination.

ABSTRACT: Vaccine uptake is critical for mitigating the impact of COVID-19 in the United States, but structural inequities pose a serious threat to progress. Racial disparities in vaccination persist despite the increased availability of vaccines. We ask what factors are associated with such disparities. We combine data from state, federal, and other sources to estimate the relationship between social determinants of health and racial disparities in COVID-19 vaccinations at the county level. Analyzing vaccination data from 19 April 2021, when nearly half of the US adult population was at least partially vaccinated, we find associations between racial disparities in COVID-19 vaccination and median income (negative), disparity in high school education (positive), and vote share for the Republican part

SUBMITTER: Agarwal R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8379950 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature