Rural parents more likely than urban and suburban parents to worry about getting their children vaccinated, study finds

Parental concerns about coronavirus vaccination by 
rurality (Covid States Project chart; click to enlarge)

A new study from The Covid States Project analyses parental attitudes about getting their children vaccinated, breaking the numbers down by political party, rurality, educational attainment, age of parent, gender, race, and more. The project is a joint effort of Harvard, Northeastern, Northwestern, and Rutgers universities.

In general, "Republican parents, young mothers, African American parents, parents with lower levels of education, parents making less than $25,000 per year, and rural parents" were more likely to be concerned about the vaccine, the researchers report.

More specific numbers about rural parents: "Rural parents are ten percentage points more likely to report whether the vaccine has been tested enough as a major concern (58% vs. 48%), nine percentage points more likely to report whether the vaccine actually works (51% vs. 42%) as well as long-term health effects (56% vs. 47%), and eight percentage points more likely to report how new the vaccine (52% to 44%) is as a major concern than urban parents."