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. 2021 Sep 21;9(9):1049. doi: 10.3390/vaccines9091049

Table 2.

Patient demographics by whether parent or guardian was vaccine-hesitant * at time of the primary survey.

Intent to Vaccinate Their Child Yes,
N = 46 1
Maybe or No,
N = 56 1
p-Value 2
Age of patient, years (median, IQR) 8 (2, 12) 9 (4, 14) 0.4
Age unknown 7 3
Age, categorical 0.2
<12 years 28 (72%) 30 (57%)
≥12 years 11 (28%) 23 (43%)
Unknown 7 3
Sex of patient (male) 27 (59%) 33 (59%) >0.9
Ethnicity: Hispanic/Latino 23 (52%) 21 (41%) 0.2
Ethnicity unknown 2 5
Race: White 22 (48%) 27 (48%) >0.9
Race: Black or African American 8 (17%) 17 (30%) 0.2
Child with obesity 1 (3.8%) 7 (18%) 0.13
Unknown 20 18
Location where patient was seen 0.5
ED or Urgent Care 35 (76%) 38 (68%)
Hospitalized (inpatient) 11 (24%) 18 (32%)

* Vaccine hesitancy defined as a “maybe” or “no” response to the question, “If a safe and effective vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 becomes available, would you allow it to be given to your child?”. 1 Statistics presented: Median (IQR); n (%). 2 Statistical tests performed: Wilcoxon rank-sum test; chi-square test of independence; Fisher’s exact test.