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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Apr 20.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatrics. 2021 Aug 3;148(4):e2021052335. doi: 10.1542/peds.2021-052335

Table 1:

Parents’ reported likelihood of getting their child vaccinated once a coronavirus vaccine is available for children.

Likelihood of the child getting a coronavirus vaccination**
Weighted N Very Likely Somewhat Likely Somewhat Unlikely Very Unlikely Unsure P value
Overall 3,759 28.1% 18.2% 8.8% 32.9% 11.9% -
Parent Characteristics
Parental Gender
 Female 2,177 23.1% 18.5% 8.6% 36.2% 13.5% P=0.001
 Male 1,582 34.9% 17.7% 9.2% 28.5% 9.7%
Parental Age (years)
 18–39 2,319 23.3% 17.7% 10.1% 37.9% 11.0% P<0.0001
 40–49 870 34.3% 20.1% 6.6% 27.6% 11.4%
 50+ 570 38.2% 17.2% 7.3% 20.6% 16.8%
Parental Education
 High School or Less 1,226 24.0% 14.5% 7.0% 38.2% 16.3% P=0.0002
 Some College 1,194 20.7% 19.3% 9.8% 36.5% 13.7%
 Bachelor’s or More 1,337 38.3% 20.6% 9.7% 25.0% 6.3%
Parental Race/Ethnicity
 White 843 25.5% 20.0% 7.0% 36.5% 11.0% P<0.0366
 Hispanic 2,089 35.4% 16.4% 11.2% 24.4% 12.7%
 Black 489 22.1% 11.7% 9.0% 37.8% 19.3%
 Asian 178 41.4% 21.8% 15.6% 19.0% 2.3%
 Other 156 28.4% 19.7% 13.1% 32.6% 6.2%
Parental Party Affiliation**
 Democrat 1,125 42.1% 19.3% 7.3% 17.2% 14.1% P<0.0001
 Republican 1,114 15.2% 18.4% 9.3% 46.2% 10.9%
 Other 870 24.0% 16.8% 11.6% 38.4% 9.2%
Parent received or likely to COVID vaccine
 Yes 2,087 47.9% 27.3% 9.0% 8.0% 7.8% P<0.0001
 No 1,672 3.2% 6.8% 8.7% 64.2% 17.1%
Child Characteristics
Child’s Age (years)
 11–18 1,519 32.7% 18.0% 7.7% 29.4% 12.1% P=0.0004
 5–10 1,356 27.0% 18.9% 8.6% 32.6% 12.9%
 0–4 884 21.8% 17.4% 11.1% 39.5% 10.2%
Child received influenza vaccine (prior 2 years)
 Yes 1,722 41.5% 24.5% 9.0% 16.6% 8.4% P<0.0001
 No 1,760 15.0% 11.8% 8.8% 49.5% 14.8%
*

The parent-child pair was the unit of analysis. Parents’ sampling weights were used in the analyses to account for design effects.

**

Data are missing on party affiliation for 17% of parents.