KFF COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor: December 2020

Liz Hamel, Ashley Kirzinger, Cailey Muñana, and Mollyann Brodie
Published: Dec 15, 2020

Appendix A. Shares Who Say They Are Vaccine Hesitant And Reasons Why, By Party Identification, Age, and Race/Ethnicity
	Total	Party ID			Age		Race/Ethnicity
	Total	Dems	Inds	Reps	18-49	50+	Black	White	Hisp.
Percent who say they would definitely or probably not get vaccinated for COVID-19:	27%	12%	31%	42%	33%	21%	35%	26%	26%
Percent say they would probably or not get vaccinated and each of the following is a major reason why (based on total):
Worried about possible side effects	16%	10%	18%	23%	19%	13%	25%	14%	15%
Do not trust the government to make sure the vaccine is safe and effective	15	8	16	23	18	11	21	14	13
Vaccine is too new and want to wait and see how it works for other people	15	10	17	17	19	10	25	13	16
Politics has played too much of a role in the vaccine development process	14	7	14	22	15	12	19	13	12
The risks of COVID-19 are being exaggerated	12	3	13	24	13	11	12	13	9
Don’t trust vaccines in general	10	5	13	13	12	8	17	9	9
Do not trust the health care system	10	5	11	15	11	9	10	9	7
Worried that they may get COVID-19 from the vaccine	7	5	9	8	8	5	17	6	6
Don’t think they are at risk of getting sick from COVID-19	6	2	6	10	6	5	7	5	7

Appendix B. Demographic Profiles Of Vaccine Enthusiasm Groups
	“As soon as possible”	“Wait and see”	“Only if required”	“Definitely won’t get it”	Percent of total public
*Percent of total*	34%	39%	9%	15%	100%
Gender
Male	49%	46%	53%	53%	49%
Female	51	53	47	47	51
Party ID
Democrats	43%	33%	18%	11%	32%
Independents	27	30	38	34	30
Republicans	20	22	28	41	25
Age
18-29	13%	28%	28%	18%	21%
30-49	26	30	47	46	33
50-64	28	23	21	23	25
65+	33	19	5	11	21
Race/Ethnicity
White, Non-Hispanic	71%	56%	47%	58%	61%
Black, Non-Hispanic	7	16	14	12	12
Hispanic	12	18	20	19	16
Other	8	7	16	7	9
Essential worker status
Employed and essential worker	30%	34%	61%	44%	37%
Employed and not essential worker	21	20	11	14	18
Not employed (includes those who are retired or students)	49	45	27	42	44
Health care worker in household
Health care worker in household	13%	16%	21%	16%	16%
Respondent is a health care worker	5	6	14	3	6
Other household member is a health care worker	7	9	6	11	8
Respondent and another household member are health care workers	1	0	1	2	1
No health care worker in household	86	84	79	84	84
Serious health condition in household
Someone in household has a serious health condition	52%	48%	33%	34%	46%
No one in household has serious health condition	47	50	67	65	53
Community Type
Urban	38%	35%	33%	35%	36%
Suburban	51	53	53	49	51
Rural	11	12	14	16	12
Education
High school or less	30%	41%	31%	53%	38%
Some college	30	30	38	28	30
College+	39	29	31	19	31
Household income
<$40K	33%	37%	31%	35%	35%
$40K-<$90K	27	32	27	26	28
$90K+	33	21	36	29	28
Don’t know/Refused	7	9	6	10	9

Findings Methodology