Volume 29, Number 1—January 2023
Research
COVID-19 Booster Dose Vaccination Coverage and Factors Associated with Booster Vaccination among Adults, United States, March 2022
Table 3
Characteristics of persons who were fully vaccinated but did not receive booster dose vaccination, National Immunization Survey-Adult COVID Module, February 27‒March 26, 2022*
Characteristic | Persons >18 y of age, n = 16,790 | Persons 18–49 y of age, n = 9,378 | Persons 50–64 y of age, n = 4,394 | Persons >65 y of age, n = 2,767 |
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Confidence, behavior, experience, provider recommendation, and requirement for adults fully vaccinated but who did not receive booster dose† | ||||
Concerned about getting COVID-19, strongly or moderately | 36.8 (35.3‒38.4) | 34.1 (32.2‒36.1) | 41.6 (38.4‒44.9)‡ | 41.1 (37.2‒45.2)‡ |
Thinks COVID-19 vaccine is safe, completely or mostly | 60.6 (59.0‒62.1) | 60.5 (58.4‒62.5) | 59.5 (56.2‒62.6) | 64.4 (60.4‒68.3) |
Thinks COVID-19 vaccine is needed for protection, mostly or somewhat | 80.5 (79.2‒81.8) | 78.9 (77.1‒80.6) | 82.5 (80.1‒84.8)‡ | 84.4 (81.3‒87.1)‡ |
Had friends/family who were vaccinated, almost all or many | 77.6 (76.3‒78.9) | 78.6 (76.9‒80.2) | 76.6 (73.8‒79.2) | 74.4 (70.6‒77.8)‡ |
Work or school requires COVID-19 vaccine | 31.9 (30.4‒33.4) | 39.7 (37.7‒41.7) | 24.5 (21.8‒27.4)‡ | 8.3 (6.3‒10.8)‡ |
Provider recommendation of the COVID-19 vaccine |
47.9 (46.3‒49.4) |
46.5 (44.5‒48.5) |
50.7 (47.4‒53.9)‡ |
49.9 (45.9‒54.0) |
Difficulty for adults fully vaccinated but did not receive booster dose§ | ||||
Getting vaccinated, mostly or somewhat | 9.9 (9.1‒10.9) | 9.5 (8.3‒10.7) | 11.2 (9.4‒13.3) | 9.6 (7.7‒11.9) |
Getting an appointment online | 9.5 (8.6‒10.5) | 8.7 (7.6‒9.8) | 10.5 (8.7‒12.7) | 11.1 (8.6‒14.2) |
Not knowing where to get vaccinated | 5.3 (4.7‒6.1) | 5.3 (4.4‒6.3) | 5.5 (4.3‒7.0) | 4.9 (3.7‒6.5) |
Getting to vaccination sites | 4.2 (3.6‒4.9) | 4.3 (3.5‒5.2) | 4.0 (3.0‒5.2) | 3.9 (2.6‒5.7) |
Vaccination sites are not open at convenient times | 5.1 (4.5‒ 5.7) | 5.6 (4.8‒6.7) | 4.4 (3.5‒5.5) | 3.5 (2.6‒4.6)‡ |
*Values are percentages (95% CIs). Percentages are weighted. †Questions were asked about COVID-19 vaccination generally and not specifically about COVID-19 booster dose vaccination. ‡p<0.05 by t-test for comparisons with adults 18–49 y of age as the reference level. §Questions were asked about difficulty getting a COVID-19 vaccination and did not ask specifically about difficulty getting a booster vaccine.