Alliance for Pandemic Preparedness

August 31, 2020

Acceptability of a COVID-19 Vaccine among Adults in the United States: How Many People Would Get Vaccinated?

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  • Sixty-nine percent of respondents to an online survey targeting American adults (n=2,006) were willing to get a COVID-19 vaccine. Participants were more likely to get vaccinated if they thought their healthcare provider would recommend vaccination (RR=1.73) or if they described their political affiliation as moderate (RR=1.09) or liberal (RR=1.14) compared to people who identified as conservative. Higher perceived susceptibility to COVID-19, perceived severity of the disease, and perceived efficacy of the vaccine were also positively associated with willingness to be vaccinated (RR=1.05, 1.08, and 1.46, respectively). Participants were less likely to be willing to get vaccinated if they were non-Latinx Black (RR=0.81) or reported a higher level of perceived potential vaccine harms (RR=0.95).
  • Thirty percent of respondents were not willing to pay any amount out of pocket for a COVID-19 vaccine.

Reiter et al. (Aug 2020). Acceptability of a COVID-19 Vaccine among Adults in the United States: How Many People Would Get Vaccinated? Vaccine. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2020.08.043