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. 2022 Jun 7;22:527. doi: 10.1186/s12879-022-07467-3

Table 3.

Risk Factors for Not Wanting COVID-19 Vaccine for Self or Child

Variable TAB (n = 210 Families) P value HEN/LEAD (n = 108 Families) P value
Plans vaccine or has already received it (n=136) Vaccine nonintent (n=74) Plans vaccine or has already received it (n=78) Vaccine
nonintent (n=30)
Socio-demographics
 Number of children in household 2.0 ± 1.9 2.2 ± 1.1 0.56 2.51 ± 1.01 2.9 ± 1.1 0.12
 Mom’s age, years 36.2 ± 5.1 34.1 ± 6.3 0.01 35.9 ± 7.1 34.8 ± 6.3 0.49
 Married/ living with partner 92.6% (125/135) 89.2% (65/74) 0.40 53.9% (44/78) 44.8% (13/29) 0.41
Socioeconomic and lifestyle variables
 No of people living in the house 4.5 ± 1.7 5.1 ± 2.2 0.09 5.1 ± 1.9 5.2 ± 1.5 0.39
 No of people sharing bathroom 3.3 ± 1.6 3.8 ± 1.8 0.10 3.9 ± 1.5 4.7 ± 1.8 0.048
 No of people sharing a bedroom 2.4 ± 1.1 2.5 ± 0.9 0.27 2.39 ± 1.09 2.47 ± 1.01 0.44
 Adult working in household during COVID lockdown (yes/no) 77.7% (94/121) 75% (48/64) 0.68

59.1%

(39/66)

61.5%

(16/26)

0.83
Maternal education level
 High school or less (yes/no) 84.4% (65/77) 89.0% (24/30) 0.58
 High school diploma (yes/no) 84.4% (114/135)

77.0%

(57/74)

0.18
Language place of birth and residence
 Spanish predominant

28.2%

(38/135)

39.2% (29/74) 0.11 94.9% (74/78) 89.7% (26/29) 0.33
 Born in USA Not available Not available 3.9% (3/78) 13.3% (4/30) 0.07
 Years in USA Not available Not available 8.1 ± 6.4 9.3 ± 7.5 0.54
Previous COVID infection/experience
 Someone in household previously infected with COVID

16.2%

(114/136)

31.1%

(23/74)

 < 0.01 41.0% (32/78)

30.0%

(9/30)

0.29
Concern about COVID-19 vaccine side effects^
 For self 3.4 ± 2.7 6.2 ± 3.3  < 0.01 4.5 ± 3.2 6.6 ± 3.6  < 0.01
 For children 4.5 ± 3.0 7.5 ± 2.7  < 0.01 5.3 ± 3.2 7.7 ± 3.3  < 0.01
COVID vaccine influences
 Family

39.0%

(53/136)

16.2%

(12/74)

 < 0.01 30.8% (24/78) 6.7% (2/30)  < 0.01
 Friends

31.6%

(43/136)

17.6% (13/74) 0.03 37.2% (29/78) 33.3% (10/30) 0.71
 Co-workers

25.8%

(35/136)

12.2%

(9/74)

0.02

23.1%

(18/78)

13.3% (4/30) 0.26
 News

50%

(68/136)

36.5%

(27/74)

0.06

37.2%

(29/78)

53.3% (16/30) 0.13
 Social media 15.4% (21/136)

14.9%

(11/74)

0.91 28.2% (22/78) 33.3% (10/30) 0.61
Ethnicity 0.94
 Central American 44.2% (38/86) 49.0% (25/51) 0.87 38.7% (29/75) 40.7% (11/27)
 Mexican 43.0% (37/86) 33.9% (19/51)

56.0%

(42/75)

55.6% (15/27)
 South American/Caribbean/Spain 12.8% (11/86) 13.7% (7/51) 5.3% (4/75) 3.7% (1/27)
Food insecurity
 Food insecurity score* 1.3 ± 2.6 1.5 ± 2.7 0.34 2.8 ± 3.0 3.1 ± 3.6 0.65
Food insecurity category
 High food security

68.6%

(83/121)

60.9% (39/64) 0.65 35.8% (24/64) 34.6% (9/26) 0.91
 Marginal food security 12.4% (15/121) 15.2% (10/64) 19.4% (13/67) 19.2% (5/26)
 Low food security 13.2% (16/121)

18.8%

(12/64)

28.4% (19/67) 38.6% (9/26)
 Very low food security 5.8% (7/121)

4.7%

(3/64)

11.5% (11/67) 16.4% (3/26)

*Higher scores are indicative of greater food insecurity as indicated by the US Household Food Security Survey Module (USDA, 2020)

^Higher scores indicate greater concern on a scale from 1 to 10