COVID-19 vaccination and people with disabilities

Name: COVID-19 vaccination and people with disabilities
Published: 2022-02-04
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Catherine Ipsen, University of Montana; Andrew Myers, University of Montana

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Project Citation:

Ipsen, Catherine, and Myers, Andrew. COVID-19 vaccination and people with disabilities. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2022-02-04. https://doi.org/10.3886/E161502V1

Project Description

Summary: People with disabilities face greater risk of adverse health outcomes and death from COVID-19 infection. As vaccination efforts continue across the United States, it is critical that accurate and reliable information about the COVID-19 vaccines reach this population. The purpose of this study was to investigate how people with disabilities view these vaccines as well as what barriers they face in getting vaccinated. In February of 2021, we launched an online survey looking into the vaccination status, trust in information sources on COVID-19 and vaccines, and attitudes and barriers surrounding vaccination efforts. In particular, we sought to examine differences among urban and rural respondents. We recruited participants from MTurk and invited them to complete the survey we had created using Qualtrics. We included a set of screening questions to filter for age, disability status, and to screen out bots. The following questions asked about health status, health literacy, vaccination status and intent, views of and barriers surrounding access to vaccines, trust in information sources, and other pandemic related topics. We processed and analyzed the results using a statistical software and produced the results in a research brief and manuscript.

Funding Sources: National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research within the Administration on Community Living, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (90RTCP0002)

Scope of Project

Subject Terms: COVID-19; Vaccines; Vaccine hesitancy; Disability; Rural; Trust; Public health

Geographic Coverage: United States

Time Period(s): 2/11/2021 – 2/28/2021 (Winter 2021)

Collection Date(s): 2/11/2021 – 2/28/2021 (Winter 2021)

Universe: US residents aged 18+ Amazon Mechanical Turk (MTurk) workers

Data Type(s): survey data

Methodology

Sampling: Workers of Amazon Mechanical Turk (MTurk) that were screened for disability status

Data Source: Qualtrics survey

Collection Mode(s): web-based survey

Scales: WGSS 4-point Likert-type scale

Unit(s) of Observation: Individuals

Geographic Unit: United States

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