Table 2.
Percentage of respondents reporting agreement with statements regarding COVID-19 experience, routine vaccines, and COVID-19 vaccines.
| Topic | Parents/Guardians | Teens | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wave 1 | Wave 2 | Wave 3 | Wave 1 | Wave 2 | Wave 3 | |
| Column A | Column B | Column C | Column D | Column E | Column F | |
| Percentage choosing strongly agree/somewhat agree | ||||||
| COVID-19 Experience | ||||||
| COVID-19 is a serious disease. | 82 | 83 | 86 | 83 | 82 | 85 |
| It’s possible I will get infected with COVID-19. | 62 | 63 | 60 | 60 | 59 | 57 |
| Routine Vaccines | ||||||
| It is important for all teens to get the vaccines recommended for them. | 80 D | 78 | 77 | 72 | 73 | 74 |
| I have some concerns about the safety of vaccines. | 52 | 61 A | 63 A | 56 | 64 | 62 |
| I have some concerns about the effectiveness of some vaccines. | 54 | 60 A | 67 AB | 55 | 64 | 63 |
| What I have read on social media has concerned me about the safety of some vaccines. | 41 | 49 A | 51A | 50 A | 56 B | 57 |
| If my friends get vaccinated, I think I would need to get vaccinated, too. | - | - | - | 58 | 54 | 63 E |
| Percentage choosing the option from “select all that apply” | ||||||
| COVID-19 Vaccines | ||||||
| Reasons to NOT get the vaccine: | ||||||
| I am concerned about possible side effects. | 41 | 54 A | 62 AB | 40 | 47 | 58 DE |
| I am concerned my teen/I could get COVID-19 from the vaccine. | 20 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 20 | 15 |
| I do not think the COVID-19 vaccine will work well. | 21 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 20 | 22 |
| My teen does not/I do not like getting shots/needles. | 12 B | 8 | 13 B | 20 A | 20B | 21 |
| I think the COVID-19 outbreak is not as serious as some say. | 16 B | 11 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 14 |
| I’m worried I/my parent might have to pay for it. | 11 BC | 7 | 4 | 18 AF | 15 BF | 6 |
| I think teens do not get seriously ill from COVID-19. | 10 | 10 | 17 AB | 11 | 16 B | 19 |
| Reasons TO get the vaccine: | ||||||
| I want to protect my teen/myself. | 51 | 55 | 54 | 53 | 49 | 51 |
| I want to protect everyone in my family. | 51 | 50 | 47 | 47 | 52 | 44 |
| Vaccination is the best way for my teen/me to avoid a potentially serious disease. | 39 | 40 | 43 | 37 | 38 | 38 |
| I want to help protect my community. | 39 | 39 | 36 | 35 | 36 | 34 |
| Life will not go back to normal until most people are vaccinated, including teens. | 38 | 39 | 35 | 37 | 35 | 34 |
| My teen/I would be safe around other people. | 34 | 36 | 41 A | 38 | 39 | 37 |
| A family member is at high risk for COVID-19. | 34 | 36C | 29 | 31 | 35 | 30 |
| Percentage choosing one of the following options | ||||||
| When COVID-19 is approved and available, which statement most closely represents what you will do for you? * | ||||||
| Get vaccinated as soon as possible | 30 | 28 | 8 | - | - | - |
| Get vaccinated when I have time/make it a priority/others have safely been vaccinated | 46 | 29 | 19 | - | - | - |
| Only if required for my job/school | 8 | 4 | 3 | - | - | - |
| I have received at least one dose of vaccine | - | 14 | 56 | |||
| I do NOT plan to get a COVID-19 vaccine | 16 | 24 | 14 | - | - | - |
| When COVID-19 is approved and available, which statement most closely represents what you will do for your teen? * | ||||||
| Get vaccinated as soon as possible | 28 | 29 | 12 ^ | - | - | - |
| Get vaccinated when I have time/make it a priority/others have safely been vaccinated | 50 | 58 | 42 ^ | - | - | - |
| Only if required for my teen’s school | 8 | 10 | 13 ^ | - | - | - |
| I do NOT plan to get a COVID-19 vaccine | 14 | 19 | 33 ^ | - | - | - |
Note: An upper-case letter indicates a significant difference (p < 0.05) in proportion from the column indicated by the letter. ^ The denominator for wave 3 included only those whose teen had not already been vaccinated (N = 212). * Significant differences between columns not reported due to different circumstances with respect to vaccine availability and, for response for teens, different denominator for wave 3.