Changes Over Time in COVID-19 Vaccination Inequalities in Eight Large U.S. Cities

10 Pages Posted: 5 Jan 2022

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S. Michael Gaddis

NWEA

Colleen M. Carey

Cornell University - Department of Policy Analysis and Management

Nicholas DiRago

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Sociology

Date Written: November 23, 2021

Abstract

We estimate the associations between community socioeconomic composition and changes in COVID-19 vaccination levels in eight large cities at three time points. Between March and April, low SES communities had significantly lower change in percent vaccinated than high SES communities. Between April and May, this difference was not significant. Thus, the large vaccination gap between communities during restricted vaccine eligibility did not narrow when eligibility opened up. The link between COVID-19 vaccination and community disadvantage may lead to a bifurcated recovery where advantaged communities move on from the pandemic more quickly while disadvantaged communities continue to suffer.

Note:
Funding: This project was supported in part by the California Center for Population Research at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) with training support (T32HD007545) and core support (P2CHD041022) from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD).

Declaration of Interests: None to declare.

Keywords: COVID-19, disparities, inequality, neighborhood, pandemic, socioeconomic, spatial, urban, vaccine

JEL Classification: I1, I13, I14

Suggested Citation

Gaddis, S. Michael and Carey, Colleen M. and DiRago, Nicholas, Changes Over Time in COVID-19 Vaccination Inequalities in Eight Large U.S. Cities (November 23, 2021). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3975859 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3975859

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Colleen M. Carey

Cornell University - Department of Policy Analysis and Management ( email )

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Nicholas DiRago

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Sociology ( email )

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Los Angeles, CA 90095
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