American COVID-19 Vaccine Poll

The American COVID-19 Vaccine Poll is a partnership between the African American Research Collaborative and The Commonwealth Fund. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation supported an expansion of the poll in the Native American community and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation supported expansion in New Mexico.

We surveyed over 12,000 Americans to better understand their access to and opinions about the vaccines, as well as messages and messengers that encourage different groups to get vaccinated.

Hesitancy towards and access to COVID-19 vaccines among Americans

Hesitancy

Among different groups of Americans, what percent are BOTH unvaccinated and are hesitant to get vaccinated?

HESITANT
NON-HESITANT

LATINO

0% HESITANT

BLACK

0% HESITANT

AAPI

0% HESITANT

NATIVE AMERICAN

0% HESITANT

WHITE

0% HESITANT

Barriers

Among all respondents, what percent face or faced barriers to accessing the vaccine? (Examples of barriers: too busy when available, need transportation, etc.)

FACE BARRIERS
NO BARRIERS

LATINO

0% FACE BARRIERS

BLACK

0% FACE BARRIERS

AAPI

0% FACE BARRIERS

NATIVE AMERICAN

0% FACE BARRIERS

WHITE

0% FACE BARRIERS

Hesitancy

Among different groups of Americans, what percent are BOTH unvaccinated and are hesitant to get vaccinated?

HESITANT
NON-HESITANT

MALE

0% HESITANT

FEMALE

0% HESITANT

Barriers

Among all respondents, what percent face or faced barriers to accessing the vaccine? (Examples of barriers: too busy when available, need transportation, etc.)

FACE BARRIERS
NO BARRIERS

MALE

0% FACE BARRIERS

FEMALE

0% FACE BARRIERS

* There were not enough respondents who identified their gender as Non-binary or None of these to be statistically significant. As such, the results are not included here.

Hesitancy

Among different groups of Americans, what percent are BOTH unvaccinated and are hesitant to get vaccinated?

HESITANT
NON-HESITANT

DEMOCRAT

0% HESITANT

INDEPENDENT / OTHER

0% HESITANT

REPUBLICAN

0% HESITANT

Barriers

Among all respondents, what percent face or faced barriers to accessing the vaccine? (Examples of barriers: too busy when available, need transportation, etc.)

FACE BARRIERS
NO BARRIERS

DEMOCRAT

0% FACE BARRIERS

INDEPENDENT / OTHER

0% FACE BARRIERS

REPUBLICAN

0% FACE BARRIERS

Hesitancy

Among different groups of Americans, what percent are BOTH unvaccinated and are hesitant to get vaccinated?

HESITANT
NON-HESITANT

18 - 34

0% HESITANT

35 - 59

0% HESITANT

60+

0% HESITANT

Barriers

Among all respondents, what percent face or faced barriers to accessing the vaccine? (Examples of barriers: too busy when available, need transportation, etc.)

FACE BARRIERS
NO BARRIERS

18 - 34

0% FACE BARRIERS

35 - 59

0% FACE BARRIERS

60+

0% FACE BARRIERS

Hesitancy

Among different groups of Americans, what percent are BOTH unvaccinated and are hesitant to get vaccinated?

HESITANT
NON-HESITANT

LESS THAN $50K

0% HESITANT

$50K - $79K

0% HESITANT

$80K AND ABOVE

0% HESITANT

Barriers

Among all respondents, what percent face or faced barriers to accessing the vaccine? (Examples of barriers: too busy when available, need transportation, etc.)

FACE BARRIERS
NO BARRIERS

LESS THAN $50K

0% FACE BARRIERS

$50K - $79K

0% FACE BARRIERS

$80K AND ABOVE

0% FACE BARRIERS

Hesitancy

Among different groups of Americans, what percent are BOTH unvaccinated and are hesitant to get vaccinated?

HESITANT
NON-HESITANT

NON-COLLEGE

0% HESITANT

COLLEGE

0% HESITANT

Barriers

Among all respondents, what percent face or faced barriers to accessing the vaccine? (Examples of barriers: too busy when available, need transportation, etc.)

FACE BARRIERS
NO BARRIERS

NON-COLLEGE

0% FACE BARRIERS

COLLEGE

0% FACE BARRIERS

Hesitancy

Among different groups of Americans, what percent are BOTH unvaccinated and are hesitant to get vaccinated?

HESITANT
NON-HESITANT

LATINO

0% HESITANT

BLACK

0% HESITANT

AAPI

0% HESITANT

NATIVE AMERICAN

0% HESITANT

WHITE

0% HESITANT

Barriers

Among all respondents, what percent face or faced barriers to accessing the vaccine? (Examples of barriers: too busy when available, need transportation, etc.)

FACE BARRIERS
NO BARRIERS

LATINO

0% FACE BARRIERS

BLACK

0% FACE BARRIERS

AAPI

0% FACE BARRIERS

NATIVE AMERICAN

0% FACE BARRIERS

WHITE

0% FACE BARRIERS

Explore the data

Use the filters to look at different groupings of Americans and how they answered key questions about COVID-19 vaccines.

FILTERS

How hesitant are they?

What percentage of your selected group of Americans are hesitant to get vaccinated?

HESITANT
0.0%
NON-HESITANT
0.0%

How many barriers do people face?

We tested 12 reasons a person may think they will have difficulty getting vaccinated. These included not knowing how to do so, not believing they are eligible, being too busy, difficulty figuring out how to make an appointment, etc.

TWO OR MORE BARRIERS
0.0%
ONE BARRIER
0.0%
NONE
0.0%

What are the biggest concerns among the unvaccinated?

We tested 31 concerns to see which unvaccinated people had heard of AND made them less likely to get vaccinated.

Most effective messages for the unvaccinated

We tested 24 messages with unvaccinated people to see which made them more likely to get vaccinated.

#1Most effective message

A COVID-19 vaccine will make me safer and much less likely to get sick from COVID-19.

0% effective

#2

The COVID-19 vaccine is free.0% EFFECTIVE

#3

Getting a COVID-19 vaccine will help open up businesses locally and help our economy rebound quickly.0% EFFECTIVE

#4

Getting a COVID-19 vaccine will help save elders in my community who have valuable culture knowledge and help preserve our Native language.0% EFFECTIVE

Most effective messengers

We tested 35 messengers with everyone surveyed (not just the unvaccinated) to see who would be most trusted in a campaign to encourage Americans to get the COVID-19 vaccine.

#1Most effective messenger

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

0% VOTED AS CONVINCING

#2State Department of Health0% CONVINCING
#3My personal doctor/primary care physician0% CONVINCING
#4Friends and family who have taken the vaccine0% CONVINCING
#5Food and Drug Administration (FDA)0% CONVINCING

Preferred vaccination sites

We asked unvaccinated respondents where they would prefer to get the COVID-19 vaccine.

Poor treatment by medical profession

We asked all respondents whether they or any member of their household had any of five negative experiences with the medical profession due to their race, ethnicity, or language.

YES
0.0%
NO
0.0%

Annual COVID-19 vaccine

We asked all respondents whether they would take a COVID-19 vaccine annually.

WOULD NOT
0.0%
MIGHT
0.0%
DEFINITELY WOULD
0.0%

Annual dual COVID-19 and flu vaccine

We asked all respondents whether they would take an annual single shot that combines flu and COVID-19 vaccines.

WOULD NOT
0.0%
MIGHT
0.0%
DEFINITELY WOULD
0.0%

Mandating school teacher and staff vaccinations

We asked all respondents if they support or oppose requiring that all teachers and school staff get vaccinated before fully opening schools.

DON'T KNOW
0.0%
OPPOSE
0.0%
SUPPORT
0.0%

Mandating K-12 student vaccinations

We asked all respondents if they support or oppose requiring that all K-12 students get vaccinated to start school next academic year.

DON'T KNOW
0.0%
OPPOSE
0.0%
SUPPORT
0.0%
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