{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Lundstrom EW"],"funding":["Intramural CDC HHS"],"pagination":["1308-1311"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC12243643"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["115(8)"],"pubmed_abstract":["<b>Objectives.</b> To measure the associations between access to paid sick leave (PSL) and COVID-19 vaccination status in the United States, both overall and stratified by occupation and industry of employment. <b>Methods.</b> We extracted data on employed adults aged 18 to 64 years from the 2021 and 2022 US Medical Expenditure Panel Survey. We assessed associations between PSL and COVID-19 vaccination status using logistic regression. We used marginal effects analyses to estimate associations within occupation and industry groups. <b>Results.</b> Our analytic sample (n = 15 089) represented more than 114 million employed US adults. Access to PSL was significantly associated with receipt of a COVID-19 vaccination (adjusted odds ratio = 1.33; 95% confidence interval = 1.14, 1.55). Marginal effects analyses indicated that this association was significant within most occupation and industry groups. <b>Conclusions.</b> These findings suggest PSL is associated with higher COVID-19 vaccination rates among US workers. PSL remains an important tool for improving preventive health care access and reducing rates of infectious disease in the United States. (<i>Am J Public Health</i>. 2025;115(8):1308-1311. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2025.308095)."],"journal":["American journal of public health"],"pubmed_title":["Access to Paid Sick Leave and COVID-19 Vaccination Status Among Employed Adults Aged 18-64 Years in the United States, 2021-2022."],"pmcid":["PMC12243643"],"funding_grant_id":["CC999999"],"pubmed_authors":["Tsai R","Asfaw A","Lundstrom EW"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Access to Paid Sick Leave and COVID-19 Vaccination Status Among Employed Adults Aged 18-64 Years in the United States, 2021-2022.","description":"<b>Objectives.</b> To measure the associations between access to paid sick leave (PSL) and COVID-19 vaccination status in the United States, both overall and stratified by occupation and industry of employment. <b>Methods.</b> We extracted data on employed adults aged 18 to 64 years from the 2021 and 2022 US Medical Expenditure Panel Survey. We assessed associations between PSL and COVID-19 vaccination status using logistic regression. We used marginal effects analyses to estimate associations within occupation and industry groups. <b>Results.</b> Our analytic sample (n = 15 089) represented more than 114 million employed US adults. Access to PSL was significantly associated with receipt of a COVID-19 vaccination (adjusted odds ratio = 1.33; 95% confidence interval = 1.14, 1.55). Marginal effects analyses indicated that this association was significant within most occupation and industry groups. <b>Conclusions.</b> These findings suggest PSL is associated with higher COVID-19 vaccination rates among US workers. PSL remains an important tool for improving preventive health care access and reducing rates of infectious disease in the United States. (<i>Am J Public Health</i>. 2025;115(8):1308-1311. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2025.308095).","dates":{"release":"2025-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2025 Aug","modification":"2026-05-28T02:19:44.86Z","creation":"2026-04-08T02:07:49.903Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC12243643","cross_references":{"pubmed":["40403243"],"doi":["10.2105/ajph.2025.308095","10.2105/AJPH.2025.308095"]}}