In 2019, around 12 percent of U.S. adults with a high school education or less believed certain vaccines cause autism in children. This statistic shows the percentage of U.S. adults who thought certain vaccines cause autism in children as of 2019, by education level.
Percentage of U.S. adults who thought certain vaccines cause autism in children as of 2019, by education level
Original question: Do you think vaccines are more dangerous than the diseases they are designed to prevent, or not?
Figures may not equal 100 percent due to rounding.
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Gallup. (January 14, 2020). Percentage of U.S. adults who thought certain vaccines cause autism in children as of 2019, by education level [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1092848/views-on-vaccines-causing-autism-us-by-education/
Gallup. "Percentage of U.S. adults who thought certain vaccines cause autism in children as of 2019, by education level." Chart. January 14, 2020. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1092848/views-on-vaccines-causing-autism-us-by-education/
Gallup. (2020). Percentage of U.S. adults who thought certain vaccines cause autism in children as of 2019, by education level. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1092848/views-on-vaccines-causing-autism-us-by-education/
Gallup. "Percentage of U.S. Adults Who Thought Certain Vaccines Cause Autism in Children as of 2019, by Education Level." Statista, Statista Inc., 14 Jan 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1092848/views-on-vaccines-causing-autism-us-by-education/
Gallup, Percentage of U.S. adults who thought certain vaccines cause autism in children as of 2019, by education level Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1092848/views-on-vaccines-causing-autism-us-by-education/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Percentage of U.S. adults who thought certain vaccines cause autism in children as of 2019, by education level [Graph], Gallup, January 14, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1092848/views-on-vaccines-causing-autism-us-by-education/
