Black Futures Lab – Baseline Survey | March 2021

The transgender oversample is a “convenience sample,” or a sample of Black transgender people available from email lists of transgender serving organizations where the only criteria for this group to complete the survey was to be transgender and agree to complete the survey. [...] • For example, while the vaccine hesitant worry about the effects of the COVID-19 vaccine in the future, 65% of people over 50 are worried about the impact compared to 54% of people under 50, making for an 11-point difference. [...] Political Climate • Satisfaction with the direction of the country is on the rise among Black people, with 65% of the population reporting they are satisfied with the direction of the country compared to 54% reporting satisfaction with the direction of the country in a January 2021, HIT Strategies BlackTrack general population survey of 1,000 Black Americans. [...] Select top three answers (Asked only of those who reported they probably/definitely will not get vaccinated) Total Men Women Under 50 Over 50 LGBQ I worry about the unknown effects 57% I worry about the unknown effects of the COVID-19 vaccine in the future of the COVID-19 vaccine in the 57% 55% 60% 54% 65% 60% I don’t have enough information future about the vaccine 47% I don’t have enough informa. [...] Select top three answers (Asked only of those who reported they probably/definitely will not get vaccinated) LGBQ LGBQ Total LGBQ Transgender* I worry about the unknown effects of Under 50 Over 50 the COVID-19 vaccine in the future 59% I worry about the unknown effects of the 60% 62% 49% 52% COVID-19 vaccine in the future I don’t have enough information about the vaccine 43% I don’t have enough in.