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: Received: 18 July 2021 / Approved: 21 July 2021 / Online: 21 July 2021 (09:04:25 CEST)
Version 2
: Received: 27 July 2021 / Approved: 27 July 2021 / Online: 27 July 2021 (13:47:59 CEST)
Version 3
: Received: 19 September 2021 / Approved: 20 September 2021 / Online: 20 September 2021 (12:12:19 CEST)
How to cite:
Kabir, A.; Kabir, R.; Nahar, J.; Sengar, R. Decoding State Vaccination Rates Using educational aptitude, Income, and Political Affiliation. Preprints2021, 2021070472. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202107.0472.v3
Kabir, A.; Kabir, R.; Nahar, J.; Sengar, R. Decoding State Vaccination Rates Using educational aptitude, Income, and Political Affiliation. Preprints 2021, 2021070472. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202107.0472.v3
Kabir, A.; Kabir, R.; Nahar, J.; Sengar, R. Decoding State Vaccination Rates Using educational aptitude, Income, and Political Affiliation. Preprints2021, 2021070472. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202107.0472.v3
APA Style
Kabir, A., Kabir, R., Nahar, J., & Sengar, R. (2021). Decoding State Vaccination Rates Using educational aptitude, Income, and Political Affiliation. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202107.0472.v3
Chicago/Turabian Style
Kabir, A., Jebun Nahar and Ritesh Sengar. 2021 "Decoding State Vaccination Rates Using educational aptitude, Income, and Political Affiliation" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202107.0472.v3
Abstract
The objective of the study was to evaluate the risk factors associated with lower COVID-19 vaccination rates in the United States. The study evaluated the effect of red-blue political affiliation and the effect of the US state's average educational aptitude score and per capita income on states' vaccination rates. The study found that states with concomitantly lower income along with lower educational aptitude scores are less vaccinated while the states with higher income have higher vaccination rates even among those with lower educational aptitude scores. These findings stayed significant after adjusting for red-blue political affiliation where states with red political affiliation have lower vaccination rates. Further study is needed to evaluate how to stop online misinformation among states with low income and low educational aptitude scores; and whether such an effort will increase overall vaccination rates in the United States.
Keywords
Online misinformation; COVID-19 vaccination; fully vaccinated; Intelligence Quotient; per capita income
Subject
Social Sciences, Psychology
Copyright:
This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Commenter: Azad Kabir
Commenter's Conflict of Interests: Author