COVID-19: Study shows those with college degree more likely to get vaccine

American adults with degrees would likely know someone personally who has been vaccinated, the study says.

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Stanford University (photo credit: REUTERS)
Stanford University
(photo credit: REUTERS)
US adults with a college degree are significantly more likely to get a COVID-19 vaccination and trust the vaccine's effectiveness, according to a new report by University of Southern California Dornsife.
Researchers with the Center for Economic and Social Research (CESR) at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences found that more than three out of four (76%) US adults with at least a bachelor’s degree have already been vaccinated or plan to be, compared to just over half (53%) of those without a college degree. 
The study also concludes that American adults with degrees would likely know someone personally that has been vaccinated. 
Race does not seem to be a significant factor, as adults without a college degree who say they are unlikely to get vaccinated is about the same among Black and white people – 32% and 35%, respectively.
Among minorities in the United States, the study reports that 74% of college-educated Latin people know someone who has been vaccinated, while 55% of African-American college graduates do.   
Among family and friends, 54% of American adults know someone who has been vaccinated, but those with a bachelor’s degree or higher are more likely to know someone who has been vaccinated (69%), compared to those without a higher education certificate (46%).