Accepted for/Published in: JMIR Formative Research
Date Submitted: Oct 20, 2022
Date Accepted: Mar 8, 2023
Date Submitted to PubMed: Apr 25, 2023
COVID-19 vaccination among US born and foreign born from a nationally distributed survey: Cross-sectional Study
ABSTRACT
Background:
Extended literature has demonstrated that COVID-19 vaccination is crucial for the health of all individuals regardless of age. Research on vaccination status in a US sample by nativity is limited.
Objective:
The objective of our study was to expand on the limited literature regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, vaccination, and US nativity while accounting for sociodemographic and socioeconomic factors.
Methods:
To further understand the COVID-19 pandemic, vaccination status, and US nativity, we used a comprehensive 116-item survey that was distributed between May 2021 and January 2022 across the US.
Results:
The majority of the US-born participants that reported being vaccinated self-identified as White (52%), while the majority of foreign-born participants that reported being vaccinated self-identified as Hispanic/Latino (35%). The majority of the sample, regardless of nativity, reported being vaccinated (67.3%) while those that reported not being vaccinated were not at all likely to get vaccinated (45.2%).
Conclusions:
The results from our study are an essential addition to the limited available research on COVID-19, as it provides the initial step to further our understanding of the pandemic and vaccination.
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