Race, ethnicity and COVID-19 vaccine concerns: A latent class analysis of data during early phase of vaccination.

ABSTRACT: Racial gaps in vaccine uptake in the United States have been widely reported. Existing studies, however, have not explored how individuals' concerns about COVID-19 vaccines are clustered. In this study, racial and ethnic background is linked to constellations of COVID-19 vaccine concerns during the early phase of vaccines in the United States, using the Household Pulse Survey (N = 60,492). Latent class analysis reveals five distinct classes of vaccine concerns: general skepticism, distrust of science and the government, safety, a desire to wait and see, and vague uncertainty. Compared to Whites, people of color more consistently report vaccine hesitancy due to safety and a desire to wait and see, rather than distrust of science and the government. Whites, however, more consistently report

SUBMITTER: Chen JH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8928703 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature