Associations Between COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy and Socio-Spatial Factors in NYC Transit Workers 50 Years and Older

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Associations Between COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy and Socio-Spatial Factors in NYC Transit Workers 50 Years and Older

By FYH News Team

Published on June 15, 2022

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. 2022 Jun 14;914150221106709.

doi: 10.1177/00914150221106709.

Online ahead of print.

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¹ Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, 5894New York University School of Global Public Health, New York, NY, USA.
² Department of Environmental Health Sciences, 33638Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY, USA.
³ 158755College of Health and Human Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA.
⁴ 306619School of Biomedical Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA.
⁵ 118710College of Natural Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA.
⁶ Department of Epidemiology, 5894New York University School of Global Public Health, New York, NY, USA.
⁷ 16230Yale University School of Nursing, Orange, CT, USA.

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Gabriella Y Meltzer et al.

Int J Aging Hum Dev.

2022.

. 2022 Jun 14;914150221106709.

doi: 10.1177/00914150221106709.

Online ahead of print.

Affiliations

¹ Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, 5894New York University School of Global Public Health, New York, NY, USA.
² Department of Environmental Health Sciences, 33638Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY, USA.
³ 158755College of Health and Human Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA.
⁴ 306619School of Biomedical Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA.
⁵ 118710College of Natural Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA.
⁶ Department of Epidemiology, 5894New York University School of Global Public Health, New York, NY, USA.
⁷ 16230Yale University School of Nursing, Orange, CT, USA.

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Abstract

This analysis investigates how age, race/ethnicity, and geographic location contributed to vaccine hesitancy in a sample of 645 New York City (NYC) Transport Workers Union (TWU), Local 100 members surveyed in August 2020. Union members ages 50+ were 46% less likely to be vaccine hesitant than their younger counterparts (OR 0.64; 95% CI 0.42, 0.97). Non-Whites (OR 3.95; 95% 2.44, 6.39) and those who did not report their race (OR 3.10; 95% CI 1.87, 5.12) were significantly more likely to be vaccine hesitant than Whites. Those who were not concerned about contracting COVID-19 in the community had 1.83 greater odds (95% CI 1.12, 2.98) of being vaccine hesitant than those who were concerned. Older respondents tended to reside in Queens while vaccine hesitant and non-White respondents were clustered in Brooklyn. General trends observed in COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy persist in a population of high risk, non-healthcare essential workers.

Keywords:

ADAR; COVID-19; essential workforce; older adults; public transit; vaccine hesitancy.

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