Americans with lower income are more likely to say measles vaccination should be a parental decision % ofus adults who say the following about childhood vaccines for measles mumps and rubella
Americans with lower family incomes are also more supportive of parental choice and less supportive of mandatory MMR vaccination. About two-in-ten lower-income Americans (21%) say parents should be able to decide not to vaccinate for MMR, while just 9% of upper-income Americans say the same.
Americans with lower income are more likely to say  | measles vaccination should be a parental decision  | % ofus adults who say the following about childhood vaccines for measles  | mumps and rubella  | Parents should be able to decide not to vaccinate their children  | even if that may create health risks for others  | public Healthy children should be potential required to be vaccinated to attend  | public school beca use of potential health risk to others  | Generation  | Boomer or older  | 13  | 85  | Gen X  | 19  | 80  | Millennial or younger  | 18  | 81  | Parent of "child under 18  | Parent  | 23  | 76  | Not a parent  | 13  | 85  | Education  | Postgrad  | 13  | 87  | College grad  | 13  | 86  | Some college  | 19  | 80  | H.S. or less  | 16  | 81  | Adjusted family income  | Upper income  | 90  | Middle income  | 15  | 83  | Lower income  | 21  | 76  | Party affiliation  | Rep/lean Rep  | 20  | 79  | Dem/lean Dem  | 12  | 86  | Note: Respondents who gave other responses or who did not give an answer are not shown  | Family incomes are adjusted gave for differences in purchasing power give by geographic region and  | household size. Middle income is defined as two thirds to double the median annua income  | for the survey sample. Lower income falls below that range, upper income falls above it.  | Source: Survey conducted Oct, 1-13, 2019.  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 