The most vaccine-hesitant group of all? PhDs

August 14, 2021

Chart07:00A new study found that the most educated are the least likely to get jabbedby UnHerdThe percentage of each education group that is somewhat vaccine hesitant. But according to a new paper by researchers from Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh, this does not paint the full picture. But more surprising is the breakdown in vaccine hesitancy by level of education. It finds that the association between hesitancy and education level follows a U-shaped curve with the highest hesitancy among those least and most educated. Meanwhile, hesitancy held constant in the most educated group; by May, those with Ph.Ds were the most hesitant group.