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‘Data Stories’ Track COVID Impact, Inform Policy in Boston
Researchers collected survey and online data to tell the story of how the pandemic affected Boston’s diverse communities and how urban policymakers can use that information to navigate the path forward.
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In this month’s installment of the Innovation of the Month series, we focus on a combination of efforts happening in Boston to combine existing data about quality of life at the neighborhood level with surveys about residents’ behavior during the pandemic. This data was then distilled into digestible stories that help the researchers bett
Bostonians’ Interest in Receiving Vaccine Lower in Communities of Color, Among Women
A newly released National Science Foundation-funded report by UMass Boston researchers finds that 1 in 5 Bostonians plan to not get vaccinated, nearly half of Black Bostonians say they have little or no interest in receiving the COVID-19 vaccine when it becomes available, and more than a quarter of Hispanics say the same. A quarter of women also say they will not get the vaccine.
These findings are among those included in Living in Boston During COVID-19: Vaccination Hesitation, the fifth report in a research project that is a collaboration among the Boston Area Research Initiative (BARI) at Northeastern University, UMass Boston, and the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC). UMass Boston Interim Director for the Center for Survey Research Lee Hargraves and Sociology Professor Russell Schutt served as lead authors of the report.
Most people in Boston say they’ll get vaccinated; many Black residents are skeptical Andy Rosen © Ron Harris Baseball Hall of Famer Hank Aaron waited to receive his COVID-19 vaccination on Jan. 5 in Atlanta.
Twenty percent of Bostonians in a newly released survey say they are unlikely to get a coronavirus vaccine and nearly half of Black participants said they would not receive one highlighting the challenges for health officials seeking to curb the pandemic.
The findings, released Tuesday by University of Massachusetts Boston researchers, are similar to the results of some national surveys on vaccine compliance.
The local research, which involved surveying more than 900 people on their attitudes about COVID-19 vaccines, shows a deep demographic divide. More than 90 percent of respondents who were white, Asian, or Pacific Islander said they would probably or definitely get vaccinated. But fewer than 75 percent of Latino respondents said they would get
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