Sociodemographic characteristics and percentage ever diagnosed of COVID-19 as well as the percentage fully vaccinated among healthcare workers in the New York (NY) Metropolitan area (n=555), Household Pulse Survey, 21 July 2021 to 11 October 2021
| Indicator | Categories | % (n) | Ever diagnosed | Fully vaccinated |
| All HCWs in the NY Metropolitan area | Total | 100.0 (555) | 20.9 (14.3–27.5) | 92.3 (89.1–95.5) |
| Healthcare setting | Hospital | 49.7 (249) | 21.2 (10.7–31.8) | 91.1 (85.6–96.5) |
| Nursing and residential healthcare facility | 16.2 (92) | 13.7 (4.9–22.4) | 93.0 (86.8–99.1) | |
| Pharmacy | 4.1 (23) | * | * | |
| Ambulatory healthcare (eg, doctor, dentist or mental health specialist office, outpatient facility, medical and diagnostic laboratory, home healthcare) | 30.0 (191) | 25.3 (13.9–36.7) | 93.0 (88.5–97.4) | |
| Highest educational attainment | High school graduate or less | 24.3 (43) | 41.3 (19.8–62.8) | 90.3 (80.7–99.9) |
| Some College | 11.7 (66) | 25.9 (7.9–43.8) | 92.4 (86.5–98.3) | |
| Associate degree | 12.5 (69) | 9.6 (2.4–16.9) | 84.7 (73.4–95.9) | |
| College degree | 23.5 (142) | 10.8 (4.2–17.4) | 92.6 (87.3–97.9) | |
| Doctoral/professional/master’s degree | 28.0 (235) | 16.2 (9.7–22.7) | 97.2 (94.6–99.7) | |
| Employer | Government | 9.8 (44) | * | 82.7 (65.6–99.8) |
| Private company | 56.1 (288) | 24.4 (14.2–34.6) | 91.7 (87.5–96.0) | |
| Non-profit organisation including tax exempt and charitable organisations | 18.1 (123) | 13.2 (4.6–21.8) | 95.0 (89.4–100.0) | |
| Self-employed or working in family business | 5.7 (40) | * | 97.4 (92.4–100.0) | |
| Other | 10.4 (47) | * | 96.5 (91.4–100.0) | |
| No of people living with respondent in household | None (ie, lives alone) | 7.4 (96) | 12.1 (5.5–18.6) | 96.3 (92.9–99.7) |
| One | 22.4 (175) | 16.2 (8.4–23.9) | 90.7 (85.2–96.3) | |
| Two | 19.2 (106) | 16.0 (5.9–26.1) | 94.2 (86.4–100.0) | |
| Three | 21.5 (98) | 22.0 (10.8–33.3) | 85.9 (76.1–95.7) | |
| ≥Four | 29.5 (80) | 29.4 (11.7–47.0) | 95.9 (92.4–99.4) | |
| Race/ethnicity | Hispanic | 20.9 (73) | 36.6 (16.1–57.1) | 87.0 (75.9–98.0) |
| White, non-Hispanic | 38.4 (311) | 15.4 (8.3–22.6) | 93.0 (89.4–96.5) | |
| Black, non-Hispanic | 24.2 (79) | 23.1 (9.6–36.5) | 96.3 (91.9–100.0) | |
| Asian, non-Hispanic | 14.7 (82) | * | 92.9 (85.4–100.0) | |
| Other, non-Hispanic | 1.8 (10) | * | * | |
| Gender | Male | 21.4 (121) | 16.0 (7.3–24.8) | 95.2 (88.5–100.0) |
| Female | 78.3 (426) | 22.6 (14.6–30.7) | 91.3 (87.7–95.0) | |
| Transgender | 0.1 (2) | * | * | |
| Other | 0.2 (2) | * | * | |
| Age, years | 18 to 24 | 4.9 (14) | * | * |
| 25 to 44 | 42.0 (204) | 23.9 (12.1–35.7) | 94.1 (90.5–97.8) | |
| 45 to 64 | 42.8 (260) | 18.9 (10.9–27.0) | 91.7 (86.5–96.9) | |
| ≥65 | 10.2 (77) | * | 83.6 (68.6–98.5) | |
| Household structure | Married, no children in household | 21.2 (147) | 13.0 (5.5–20.5) | 92.7 (87.2–98.2) |
| Married, ≥1 child in household | 26.3 (143) | 24.9 (13.7–36.1) | 89.2 (81.4–96.9) | |
| Widowed/divorced/separated, no children in household | 12.2 (77) | 39.1 (10.7–67.4) | 88.9 (76.2–100.0) | |
| Widowed/divorced/separated, ≥1 child in household | 3.8 (26) | 98.7 (96.1–100.0) | ||
| Single, no children in household | 27.0 (135) | 12.6 (5.9–19.3) | 95.3 (91.0–99.6) | |
| Single, ≥1 child in household | 9.1 (25) | 39.6 (8.8–70.5) | 92.9 (84.0–100.0) | |
| Unknown marital status | 0.5 (2) | * | * | |
| Annual household income, USD | <25 000 | 12.8 (27) | 58.0 (33.0–82.9) | 86.2 (71.3–100.0) |
| 25 000 to 49 999 | 12.5 (59) | 27.7 (6.7–48.8) | 94.3 (87.0–100.0) | |
| 50 000 to 99 999 | 19.2 (139) | 15.5 (6.8–24.1) | 92.4 (84.6–100.0) | |
| 100 000 to 1 99 999 | 25.9 (146) | 14.7 (7.5–22.0) | 95.6 (91.8–99.3) | |
| ≥2 00 000 | 10.2% (86) | * | 98.4 (95.9–100.0) | |
| Unknown income | 19.4 (98) | 13.1 (4.6–21.6) | 87.4 (79.7–95.2) | |
| Financial difficulty | Not at all difficult | 39.3 (289) | 10.0 (5.2–14.8) | 92.3 (87.7–96.9) |
| A little difficult | 26.5 (144) | 15.9 (7.8–23.9) | 95.7 (91.8–99.6) | |
| Somewhat difficult | 14.6 (62) | 36.8 (18.2–55.5) | 86.1 (73.6–98.6) | |
| Very difficult | 15.6% (43) | 47.0 (21.8–72.2) | 95.5 (89.7–100.0) | |
| Unknown | 4.0% (17) | * | 80.3 (56.2–100.0) | |
| Type of housing | Mobile housing | 1.0 (4) | 72.0 (25.3–118.8) | * |
| A one-family house detached from any other house | 37.1 (241) | 18.3 (11.1–25.5) | 88.3 (82.1–94.5) | |
| A one-family house attached to one or more houses | 14.2 (52) | 27.9 (6.1–49.7) | 98.7 (96.5–100.0) | |
| Multi-unit apartment | 36.6 (202) | 20.2 (6.9–33.4) | 94.6 (90.0–99.3) | |
| Unknown housing | 11.1% (56) | 18.2 (4.9–31.6) | 89.2 (79.1–99.2) | |
| Health Insurance Type | Uninsured | 2.3% (15) | * | 71.1 (38.6–100.0) |
| Private | 70.4% (431) | 15.3 (9.9–20.6) | 94.0 (90.5–97.5) | |
| Medicare, for people 65 and older, or people with certain disabilities | 2.0% (21) | * | 76.2 (49.1–100.0) | |
| Medicaid, Medical Assistance, or any kind of government-assistance plan for those with low incomes or a disability | 14.9 (38) | 50.4 (26.4–74.5) | 92.9 (85.0–100.0) | |
| Other insurance | 1.1 (4) | * | * | |
| Unknown | 9.3 (46) | 21.3 (5.7–36.9) | 87.1 (75.2–99.0) |
*Unreliable prevalence estimates (relative SEs ≥40%).
HCW, healthcare worker.