Table 2.
Attitudes toward COVID-19 vaccination Among Latino households in San Francisco Bay Area
| Cohort name | Telomeres at birth (TAB) cohort (n = 211) |
Hispanic, eating and nutrition (HEN) & Latino, eating and diabetes (LEAD) cohorts (n = 108) |
|---|---|---|
| Vaccine history (including influenza and childhood vaccinations)^ | ||
| Comfortable with vaccines for self^ | 90.0% (189/210) | 87.0% (94/108) |
| Comfortable with vaccines for children^ | 83.3% (175/210) | 90.7% (98/108) |
| Vaccines up-to-date for self^ | 94.8% (199/210) | 95.4% (103/108) |
| Children vaccines up-to-date^ | 94.3% (198/210) | 97.2% (105/108) |
| COVID-19 vaccine plan | ||
| Wants COVID-19 vaccine for self or has already received vaccine |
80.0% (168/210) (20% refusal) |
84.3% (91/108) (16.7% refusal) |
| Wants child to get COVID-19 vaccine or has already received it |
66.7% (70/210) (33.3% refusal) |
74.1% (80/108) (25.9% refusal) |
| Does not want vaccine for self and/or child | 35.2% (74/210) | 27.8% (30/108) |
| Reason for COVID-19 vaccine nonintent | ||
| Vaccine not around long enough | 61.9% (26/74) | 26.7% (8/30) |
| Can “survive without vaccine” | 21.4% (9/74) | 16.7% (5/30) |
| Does not trust science | 14.3% (6/74) | 6.7% (2/30) |
| Does not trust medicine | 14.3% (6/74) | 3.3% (1/30) |
| Concern about side effects | 35.7% (15/74) | 23.3% (7/30) |
| COVID-19 vaccine side effects | ||
| Fear side effects of COVID-19 vaccine for self (1–10 scale)* | 4.4 ± 3.2 | 5.1 ± 3.4 |
| Fear side effects of COVID-19 vaccine for children (1–10 scale)* | 5.5 ± 3.2 | 6.0 ± 3.45 |
| COVID-19 vaccine influence (self-reported influences/influencers) | ||
| Family | 31.0% (65/210) | 24.1% (26/108) |
| Friends | 26.7% (56/210) | 36.1% (39/108) |
| Co-workers | 21.0% (44/210) | 20.4% (22/108) |
| Social media | 15.2% (32/210) | 29.6% (32/108) |
| News media | 45.2% (95/210) | 41.7% (45/108) |
*Higher scores are associated with more fears about side effects