Journal article
Higher COVID-19 Vaccination And Narrower Disparities In US Cities With Paid Sick Leave Compared To Those Without
Health affairs (Millwood, Va.), v 41(11), pp 1565-14
01 Nov 2022
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Abstract
Paid sick leave provides workers with paid time off to receive COVID-19 vaccines and to recover from potential vaccine adverse effects. We hypothesized that Us cities with paid sick leave would have higher COVID-19 vaccination coverage and narrower coverage disparities than those without such policies. Using county-level vaccination data and paid sick leave data from thirty-seven large US cities in 2021, we estimated the association between city-level paid sick leave policies and vaccination coverage in the working-age population and repeated the analysis using coverage in the population ages sixty-five and older as a negative control. We also examined associations by neighborhood social vulnerability. Cities with a paid sick leave policy had 17 percent higher vaccination coverage than cities without such a policy. We found stronger associations between paid sick leave and vaccination in the most socially vulnerable neighborhoods compared with the least socially vulnerable ones, and no association in the population ages sixty-five and older. Paid sick leave policies are associated with higher COVID-19 vaccination coverage and narrower coverage disparities. Increasing access to these policies may help increase vaccination and reduce inequities in coverage.
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- Title
- Higher COVID-19 Vaccination And Narrower Disparities In US Cities With Paid Sick Leave Compared To Those Without
- Creators
- Alina Schnake-Mahl - Drexel UniversityGabriella O'LearyPricila Mullachery - Drexel UniversityAlexandra Skinner - Boston UniversityJennifer Kolker - Drexel UniversityAna RouxJulia Raifman - Boston UniversityUsama Bilal - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Health affairs (Millwood, Va.), v 41(11), pp 1565-14
- Publisher
- The People to People Health Foundation, Inc., Project HOPE
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Urban Health Collaborative; Health Management and Policy
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000928856600001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85141374922
- Other Identifier
- 991019277212204721
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