Table 5.

Percent of parents who are very or somewhat likely to get a vaccine for their children, by trust in information sources, the governmental approval process, and vaccine development

Percent of parents who are very or somewhat likely to vaccinate their children against COVID-19*
	Trust Completely	Trust Mostly	Trust Somewhat	Do Not Trust	P value
Sources of information about coronavirus vaccine
Child’s doctor	71.3%	46.0%	14.1%	14.5%	P<0.0001
Child’s school or school district	67.8%	67.9%	43.4%	19.2%	P<0.0001
Your local public health department	88.1%	66.0%	34.4%	9.3%	P<0.0001
The CDC*	79.7%	62.3%	30.8%	11.8%	P<0.0001
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)	82.6%	62.8%	29.6%	10.4%	P<0.0001
Your close friends and members of your family	45.0%	54.4%	44.6%	41.6%	P=0.0828
Your coworkers, classmates, other acquaintances	54.3%	50.4%	47.7%	42.0%	P=0.0900
Social media (e.g. Facebook, Instagram, Twitter)	49.1%	66.5%	48.2%	43.9%	P=0.0361
Vaccine approval or development process
Government approval process for COVID-19 vaccine for child	90.7%	79.4%	40.1%	8.3%	P<0.0001
Vaccine development process in general for child	86.2%	69.1%	32.9%	8.8%	P<0.0001

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

CDC, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention