AUTHOR=Kim Bokyung , Hong Seoyeon , Kim Sungwook 

TITLE=Are they still determining? Analysis of associations among ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic status, neighborhood factors, and COVID-19 vaccination

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Communication

VOLUME=8

YEAR=2023

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/communication/articles/10.3389/fcomm.2023.1040797

DOI=10.3389/fcomm.2023.1040797

ISSN=2297-900X

ABSTRACT=<sec><title>Introduction</title><p>This study explores associations among adult vaccination, ethnicity, gender, and socioeconomic variables such as educational attainment and income, as well as neighborhood factors.</p></sec><sec><title>Methods</title><p>A telephone quota sample of New Jersey adults (<italic>N</italic> = 1,984) was used to text associations among proposed predictors of vaccination behaviors.</p></sec><sec><title>Results</title><p>Our multivariate logistic regression analyses found that certain races/ethnicity, respondents' household income, and perceived safety of one's community were the strongest predictors of COVID-19 vaccination. The odds of COVID-19 vaccination were 52% lower for Black/African American respondents compared to white/Caucasian respondents (<italic>p</italic> = 0.001) and 44% lower for Hispanic/Latino respondents compared to white/Caucasian respondents (<italic>p</italic> = 0.001).</p></sec><sec><title>Discussion</title><p>The results add new insights to public health communication research and suggest careful interventions across racial groups, considering existing racial disparities in vaccination.</p></sec>