ABSTRACT
The aim of this study is to correlate lifestyle characteristics to COVID-19 vaccination rates at the US county level and provide where and when COVID-19 vaccination impacted different households. We grouped counties by their dominant LifeMode, and the mean vaccination rates per LifeMode are calculated. Our approach correlating lifestyle characteristics to COVID-19 vaccination rate at the US county level provided unique insights into where and when COVID-19 vaccination impacted different households. Our findings demonstrate that vaccine uptake appears to be highest in the urban corridors of the Northeast and the West Coast and in the retirement communities of Arizona and Florida, and lowest in the rural areas of the Great Plains and the Southeast. Looking closely at other parts of the West such as the Dakotas and Montana, counties that contain Native American reservations have higher vaccination rates. Racial/ethnic minorities also adopt the vaccine at higher rates. The most effective predictor of vaccination hesitancy was Republican voting habits, with Republican counties less likely to take the vaccine. The other predictors in order of importance were college education, minority race/ethnicity, median income, and median age. The results suggest that prevention and control policies can be implemented to those specific households.
