(1176) COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake Amongst Adult Women of Reproductive Age in the United States

To evaluate COVID-19 vaccine uptake rate and the association between COVID-19 vaccine uptake and race/ethnicity and, education in women of reproductive age in the United States.


Study Design: A secondary data analysis was conducted using United States COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Survey dataset from the OpenICPSR database. The final sample size was 681 for females aged 18 to 49 years. Descriptive statistics (unweighted and weighted) frequencies and percentages, multivariable and adjusted bivariate logistic regression analyses were obtained for COVID-19 vaccine uptake, race/ethnicity, age, educational achievement, urbanicity, and chronic disease status.

Results: The COVID-19 vaccine uptake rate was found to be 32.2%. The population consisted of individuals from different racial backgrounds, with the majority identifying as non-Hispanic White (49.7 %), followed by Hispanic (25.4%), non-Hispanic Black (14.4%), non-Hispanic Asian (7.8%), and others (2.9%). The education level varied similarly: Bachelor's degree (36%), associate’s or trade school (33%) and high school or less (32%). After adjusting for all predictor variables, only educational achievement of bachelor’s degree or higher (AOR: 3.60, C.I: (2.20,5.91), p-value: < .0001) and urbanicity-not living in rural area (AOR: 0.55, C.I: (0.37,0.82), p-value: 0.0031) retained statistical significance in predicting uptake of any COVID-19 vaccine. Those who had a bachelor’s degree or higher were 3.6 times more likely to have received any COVID-19 vaccine compared to those who had high school education or less (AOR: 3.60, C.I: (2.20,5.91), p-value: < .0001). There was no statistically significant association between COVID-19 vaccine uptake and race/ethnicity and age (table 2).

Conclusion: This study found statistically significant association between COVID-19 vaccine uptake and having a bachelor’s degree or higher amongst adult women of reproductive age in the United States. Interventions to increase bachelor education can increase COVID-19 vaccine uptake and other vaccine uptake amongst women of reproductive age in the United States.