Racial/ethnic differences in the associations between trust in the U.S. healthcare system and willingness to test for and vaccinate against COVID-19

Table 4 Trust in the U.S. healthcare system and willingness to receive the COVID-19 vaccine across racial/ethnic groups (multigroup analysis)

	Willingness to receive the COVID-19 vaccine
	AI/AN	Asian	Black/AA	Hispanic/ Latino ELP	Hispanic/ Latino SLP	Multiracial	NH/PI	White
Trust in the U.S. healthcare system
Always	1.77 [0.83–3.81]	1.79 [1.05–3.05]	1.42 [0.86–2.35]	3.89 [2.13–7.13]	5.63 [3.39–9.36]	1.33 [0.61–2.86]	1.63 [0.79–3.40]	2.21 [1.36–3.59]
Most of the time	1.37 [0.86–2.18]	2.00 [1.45–2.77]	0.96 [0.68–1.35]	1.49 [1.02–2.17]	2.43 [1.61–3.67]	1.42 [0.98–2.05]	1.33 [0.85–2.08]	1.46 [1.06–2.02]
Sometimes/Almost Never	0.58 [0.38–0.89]	1.28 [0.84–1.94]	0.71 [0.53–0.95]	1.18 [0.82–1.68]	1.93 [1.29–2.87]	0.73 [0.51–1.04]	0.90 [0.61–1.33]	0.79 [0.56–1.11]

^a Weighted to be nationally representative within each racial/ethnic group
^b AOR = Adjusted Odds Ratio. Adjusted for age, gender, annual household income, education level, political ideology, health insurance coverage, and high-risk chronic health condition
^c Reference group = Never trusting the U.S. healthcare system
^d AI/AN = American Indian/Alaska Native; Black/AA = Black/African American; Hispanic/Latino ELP = Hispanic/Latino English Language Preference; Hispanic/Latino SLP = Hispanic/Latino Spanish Language Preference; NH/PI = Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander

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