. 2023 Apr 1;49(4):127–132. doi: 10.14745/ccdr.v49i04a05

Table 1. SARS-COV-2 vaccine acceptance among caregivers of children younger than five years of age.

Characteristic of caregiver	All participants (N=253)		Vaccine acceptance^a				p-value
			Acceptant		Hesitant
			(N=148, 58.5%)		(N=105, 41.5%)
	n/N	%	n/N	%	n/N	%
Relationship to child
Father	52/253	20.6	35/52	67.3	17/52	32.7	0.34
Mother	199/253	78.7	112/199	56.3	87/199	43.7
Grandparent	2/253	0.7	1/2	50.0	1/2	50.0
Ethnicity^b
White	105/244	43.0	68/105	64.8	37/105	35.2	0.006
East/Southeast Asian	49/244	20.1	35/49	71.4	14/49	28.6
South Asian	28/244	11.5	16/28	57.1	12/28	42.9
Black	24/244	9.8	6/24	25.0	18/24	75.0
Mixed and other race category	17/244	7.0	10/17	58.8	7/17	41.2
Latino	13/244	5.3	7/13	53.8	6/13	46.2
Middle Eastern	8/244	3.3	3/8	37.5	5/8	62.5
Age group
Younger than 30 years	5/253	2.0	0/5	0.0	5/5	100.0	0.039
30–39 years	148/253	58.5	86/148	58.1	62/148	41.9
40–49 years	95/253	37.5	58/95	61.1	37/95	38.9
50 years or older	5/253	2.0	4/5	80.0	1/5	20.0
Education status
Less than high school	5/243	2.1	3/5	60.0	2/5	40.0	0.011
High school or equivalent	23/243	9.5	11/23	47.8	12/23	52.2
Community college	42/243	17.3	17/42	40.5	25/42	59.5
University graduate	173/243	71.2	114/173	65.9	59/173	34.1
Country of birth
Canada	127/249	51.0	80/127	63.0	47/127	37.0	0.24
Other countries	122/249	49.0	68/122	55.7	54/122	44.3	0.24
Country of birth income level^c
Low/lower middle income	50/247	20.2	29/50	58.0	21/50	42.0	0.81
High/upper middle income	197/247	79.8	118/197	59.9	79/197	40.1	0.81
Has family doctor or paediatrician
Yes	240/251	95.6	139/240	57.9	101/240	42.1	0.766
No	11/251	4.4	7/11	63.6	4/240	36.4	0.766
Number of children
1	27/250	10.8	17/27	63.0	10/27	37.0	0.595
2	143/250	57.2	85/143	59.4	58/143	40.6
3	58/250	23.2	35/58	60.3	23/58	39.7
4 or more	22/250	8.8	10/22	45.5	12/22	54.5
Caregiver’s SARS-CoV-2 vaccination status
Received at least one dose	236/252	93.7	147/236	62.3	89/236	37.7	<0.001
Has not received any dose	16/252	6.4	1/16	6.3	15/16	93.8	<0.001
Sibling’s (aged 12–18 years) SARS-CoV-2 vaccination status
Received at least one dose	33/46	71.7	21/33	63.6	12/33	36.4	0.007
Has not received any dose	13/46	28.3	2/13	15.4	11/13	84.6	0.007
Sibling’s (aged 5–11 years) SARS-CoV-2 vaccination status
Received at least one dose	136/195	69.7	109/136	80.1	27/136	19.9	<0.001
Has not received any dose	59/195	30.3	6/59	10.2	53/59	89.8	<0.001
Current sources of information on SARS-CoV-2 vaccines^d
Family doctor or paediatrician	113/251	45.0	71/113	62.8	42/113	37.2	0.21
Public health resources	197/251	78.5	122/197	61.9	75/197	38.1	0.038
Government organizations	156/251	62.3	96/156	61.5	60/156	38.5	0.21
Professional groups^e	56/251	22.3	37/56	66.1	19/56	33.9	0.19
Social media^f	145/251	57.8	88/145	60.7	57/145	39.3	0.41
Social network^g	81/251	32.3	49/81	60.5	32/81	39.5	0.66
Other sources^h	17/251	68.0	3/17	17.6	14/17	82.4	<0.001

Abbreviation: SARS-COV-2, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2

^a Caregivers were considered vaccine-acceptant when they intended (very likely/likely) to vaccinate their children against SARS-CoV-2 in the future, and vaccine-hesitant when had little or no intention (very unlikely/unlikely/unsure) to vaccinate their children in the future

^b Caregivers were able to choose multiple responses for their ethnicity, the Indigenous ethnic group was classified as “mixed and other” due to small group size

^c Caregivers’ country of birth income level was defined based on the World Bank classification 2021 ((7))

^d Caregivers were able to choose multiple answers for the current source of information

^e Professional groups such as Canadian Medical Association, Canadian Nurses Association, etc.

^f Social media includes Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp, WeChat, radio/television/newspapers or news websites

^g Social networks such as family, friends, neighbours or co-workers. Percentages were calculated based on the cases with complete data

^h Other sources reported in open-ended questions include scientific articles, workplaces, schools, statistics on government websites, World Health Organization and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports, and a friend (a virologist)