Millions Experienced COVID-19 Vaccine Side Effects - Demographics
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| National Survey of 1,292 American Adults | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Conducted November 10-12, 2025 by Rasmussen Reports | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | Gender | Age | <40> | Race | Party | Married | Children at Home | Education | Income | Employment | Investor | During the COVID-19 pandemic, did you receive a COVID-19 vaccination? | Do you believe you have experienced major side effects, minor side effects, or no side effects from your COVID-19 vaccination? | How likely is it that side effects of COVID-19 vaccines have caused a significant number of unexplained deaths? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Adults | Men | Women | 18-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | < Men | Men 40+ | < Wom | Wom 40+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Democrat | Republican | Other | Married | Non Married | Yes | No | Attended high school, but did not graduate | High school graduate | Attended college, but did not complete | College graduate | Graduate school | Not sure | Under $30K | $30K-$50K | $50K-$100K | $100K-$200K | $200K+ | Not sure | Gov't | Entrepreneur | Prvt. Co. | Retired | Other | Yes | No | Yes | No | Not sure | Major side effects | Minor side effects | No side effects | Not sure | Very likely | Somewhat likely | Not very likely | Not at all likely | Not sure | ||
| During the COVID-19 pandemic, did you receive a COVID-19 vaccination? | Yes | 68% | 72% | 66% | 60% | 52% | 68% | 76% | 84% | 66% | 73% | 55% | 69% | 69% | 66% | 72% | 58% | 85% | 64% | 57% | 73% | 65% | 66% | 70% | 59% | 55% | 69% | 77% | 78% | 46% | 55% | 68% | 70% | 81% | 78% | 54% | 76% | 58% | 72% | 80% | 50% | 80% | 60% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 49% | 60% | 80% | 91% | 64% |
| No | 27% | 24% | 31% | 34% | 44% | 27% | 19% | 15% | 28% | 22% | 39% | 28% | 30% | 23% | 22% | 31% | 13% | 32% | 36% | 24% | 30% | 32% | 25% | 36% | 41% | 28% | 20% | 17% | 18% | 44% | 29% | 25% | 17% | 17% | 23% | 19% | 39% | 25% | 17% | 42% | 18% | 34% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 46% | 36% | 16% | 9% | 25% | |
| Not sure | 4% | 5% | 4% | 6% | 4% | 5% | 4% | 1% | 6% | 4% | 7% | 3% | 2% | 10% | 5% | 11% | 2% | 4% | 6% | 3% | 5% | 2% | 5% | 5% | 4% | 3% | 3% | 5% | 36% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 3% | 4% | 22% | 5% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 8% | 2% | 6% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 6% | 3% | 4% | 0% | 11% | |
| Answered By 879 Adults Who Received A COVID-19 Vaccination | Total | Gender | Age | <40> | Race | Party | Married | Children at Home | Education | Income | Employment | Investor | During the COVID-19 pandemic, did you receive a COVID-19 vaccination? | Do you believe you have experienced major side effects, minor side effects, or no side effects from your COVID-19 vaccination? | How likely is it that side effects of COVID-19 vaccines have caused a significant number of unexplained deaths? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Adults | Men | Women | 18-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | < Men | Men 40+ | < Wom | Wom 40+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Democrat | Republican | Other | Married | Non Married | Yes | No | Attended high school, but did not graduate | High school graduate | Attended college, but did not complete | College graduate | Graduate school | Not sure | Under $30K | $30K-$50K | $50K-$100K | $100K-$200K | $200K+ | Not sure | Gov't | Entrepreneur | Prvt. Co. | Retired | Other | Yes | No | Yes | No | Not sure | Major side effects | Minor side effects | No side effects | Not sure | Very likely | Somewhat likely | Not very likely | Not at all likely | Not sure | ||
| Do you believe you have experienced major side effects, minor side effects, or no side effects from your COVID-19 vaccination? | Major side effects | 10% | 12% | 8% | 18% | 13% | 12% | 5% | 5% | 22% | 9% | 14% | 7% | 9% | 10% | 12% | 11% | 9% | 15% | 6% | 11% | 9% | 16% | 6% | 25% | 11% | 6% | 12% | 8% | 12% | 10% | 11% | 10% | 11% | 6% | 7% | 24% | 19% | 11% | 4% | 4% | 13% | 7% | 10% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 34% | 13% | 2% | 1% | 4% |
| Minor side effects | 26% | 26% | 26% | 23% | 37% | 29% | 25% | 20% | 21% | 27% | 25% | 26% | 24% | 22% | 31% | 46% | 22% | 35% | 23% | 22% | 29% | 25% | 26% | 15% | 31% | 29% | 24% | 18% | 58% | 26% | 24% | 28% | 24% | 17% | 34% | 17% | 33% | 33% | 20% | 23% | 25% | 27% | 26% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 37% | 41% | 26% | 11% | 19% | |
| No side effects | 60% | 59% | 61% | 57% | 45% | 55% | 65% | 70% | 55% | 60% | 58% | 62% | 63% | 65% | 53% | 33% | 66% | 45% | 66% | 64% | 57% | 53% | 64% | 60% | 52% | 59% | 61% | 71% | 30% | 59% | 61% | 57% | 64% | 71% | 58% | 56% | 46% | 54% | 72% | 64% | 60% | 61% | 60% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 24% | 39% | 70% | 86% | 68% | |
| Not sure | 4% | 3% | 5% | 2% | 4% | 3% | 5% | 4% | 1% | 3% | 3% | 5% | 3% | 3% | 4% | 11% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 3% | 5% | 5% | 3% | 0% | 5% | 6% | 3% | 2% | 0% | 6% | 4% | 5% | 1% | 6% | 1% | 3% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 10% | 3% | 5% | 4% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 4% | 7% | 2% | 2% | 9% | |
| Total | Gender | Age | <40> | Race | Party | Married | Children at Home | Education | Income | Employment | Investor | During the COVID-19 pandemic, did you receive a COVID-19 vaccination? | Do you believe you have experienced major side effects, minor side effects, or no side effects from your COVID-19 vaccination? | How likely is it that side effects of COVID-19 vaccines have caused a significant number of unexplained deaths? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Adults | Men | Women | 18-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | < Men | Men 40+ | < Wom | Wom 40+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Democrat | Republican | Other | Married | Non Married | Yes | No | Attended high school, but did not graduate | High school graduate | Attended college, but did not complete | College graduate | Graduate school | Not sure | Under $30K | $30K-$50K | $50K-$100K | $100K-$200K | $200K+ | Not sure | Gov't | Entrepreneur | Prvt. Co. | Retired | Other | Yes | No | Yes | No | Not sure | Major side effects | Minor side effects | No side effects | Not sure | Very likely | Somewhat likely | Not very likely | Not at all likely | Not sure | ||
| How likely is it that side effects of COVID-19 vaccines have caused a significant number of unexplained deaths? | Very likely | 25% | 25% | 26% | 22% | 31% | 24% | 26% | 24% | 25% | 25% | 20% | 28% | 23% | 26% | 29% | 37% | 19% | 38% | 21% | 28% | 23% | 30% | 23% | 31% | 25% | 30% | 23% | 22% | 16% | 24% | 38% | 25% | 20% | 21% | 12% | 37% | 29% | 27% | 24% | 17% | 27% | 24% | 18% | 43% | 34% | 63% | 26% | 7% | 19% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Somewhat likely | 21% | 18% | 23% | 26% | 19% | 24% | 20% | 13% | 22% | 17% | 29% | 21% | 19% | 20% | 24% | 26% | 17% | 25% | 20% | 20% | 21% | 23% | 19% | 19% | 26% | 21% | 20% | 13% | 14% | 27% | 19% | 22% | 20% | 15% | 7% | 16% | 26% | 25% | 15% | 20% | 18% | 23% | 18% | 27% | 17% | 25% | 28% | 12% | 31% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Not very likely | 22% | 22% | 22% | 27% | 19% | 18% | 20% | 25% | 22% | 22% | 32% | 20% | 23% | 19% | 23% | 11% | 24% | 16% | 25% | 21% | 23% | 16% | 25% | 26% | 18% | 18% | 27% | 25% | 13% | 19% | 17% | 24% | 28% | 19% | 23% | 13% | 22% | 24% | 24% | 21% | 24% | 21% | 26% | 13% | 19% | 6% | 26% | 30% | 11% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | |
| Not at all likely | 20% | 24% | 17% | 14% | 16% | 19% | 26% | 25% | 20% | 25% | 9% | 19% | 23% | 16% | 17% | 10% | 29% | 13% | 18% | 21% | 20% | 20% | 21% | 10% | 17% | 17% | 20% | 34% | 16% | 16% | 18% | 18% | 24% | 42% | 22% | 26% | 17% | 18% | 25% | 17% | 25% | 17% | 27% | 7% | 0% | 2% | 11% | 39% | 15% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0% | |
| Not sure | 12% | 11% | 12% | 10% | 14% | 15% | 7% | 13% | 11% | 11% | 10% | 13% | 11% | 19% | 6% | 16% | 11% | 8% | 15% | 10% | 13% | 11% | 12% | 14% | 13% | 13% | 9% | 6% | 41% | 15% | 8% | 12% | 8% | 3% | 35% | 9% | 6% | 7% | 12% | 25% | 7% | 15% | 11% | 10% | 31% | 5% | 8% | 12% | 25% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% | |
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| Gender | Men | 47% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Women | 53% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Age | 18-39 | 40% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 40-64 | 42% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 65+ | 18% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Race | White | 63% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Black | 13% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 19% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other | 5% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Party | Democrat | 34% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Republican | 29% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other | 37% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
