Table A2.
Cross-tabulation of associations between parents' COVID-19 vaccination intention for their child (5–11) and sociodemographic characteristics, parent and child COVID-19 disease, and parent and older child (12–17 years) vaccination status.
| Characteristics |
Parents intentions to vaccinate children 5–11 years old % (n) |
p-value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | Undecided | No | |||
| What language do you speak most often at home? | English | 60.6 (377)+ | 21.2 (132) | 18.2 (113) | <0.001 |
| French | 48.3 (186)− | 25.2 (97) | 26.5 (102)+ | ||
| Indigenous & minority languages | 59.8 (73) | 27.9 (34) | 12.3 (15) | ||
| Ethnic or cultural origin | White | 56.8 (446) | 21.7 (170) | 21.5 (169) | 0.516 |
| Visible minority | 54.4 (131) | 27.4 (66) | 18.3 (44) | ||
| Indigenous | 57.6 (57) | 26.3 (26) | 16.2 (16) | ||
| Number of children | 1 child | 56.7 (153) | 21.9 (59) | 21.5 (58) | 0.692 |
| 2 children | 57.8 (335) | 22.9 (133) | 19.3 (112) | ||
| 3 or more children | 53.0 (148) | 25.4 (71) | 21.5 (60) | ||
| Newcomer to Canada | Not a newcomer (e.g., born in Canada) | 57.5 (593)+ | 23.0 (237) | 19.6 (202) | 0.030 |
| Newcomer in the past 5 years (2016–2020) | 44.3 (43)− | 26.8 (26) | 28.9 (28) | ||
| Children's age | 5–7 years | 54.8 (336) | 23.8 (146) | 21.4 (131) | 0.506 |
| 8–11 years | 58.1 (300) | 22.7 (117) | 19.2 (99) | ||
| Have you had COVID-19 disease? | Yes, and I think so but not confirmed | 42.9 (72)− | 23.8 (40) | 33.3 (56)+ | <0.001 |
| No | 59.8 (557)+ | 23.3 (217) | 16.9 (157)− | ||
| I don't know/prefer not to answer | 23.3 (7)− | 20.0 (6) | 56.7 (17)+ | ||
| Have any of your children had COVID-19 disease? | Yes, and I think so but not confirmed | 46.0 (63)− | 22.6 (31) | 31.4 (43)+ | <0.001 |
| No | 58.6 (567)+ | 23.3 (225) | 18.1 (175)− | ||
| I don't know/prefer not to answer | 24.0 (6)− | 28.0 (7) | 48.0 (12)+ | ||
| Have you received any doses of a COVID-19 vaccine? | Yes | 62.7 (629)+ | 24.0 (241) | 13.3 (133)− | <0.001 |
| No | 5.6 (7)− | 17.5 (22) | 77.0 (97)+ | ||
| Has your child aged 12–17 years received any doses of a COVID-19 vaccine? | Yes | 70.0 (191)+ | 20.5 (56) | 9.5 (26)− | <0.001 |
| No | 9.1 (6)− | 30.3 (20) | 60.6 (40)+ | ||
| Everyday stress (such as competing priorities or many demands on my time) will prevent me from getting the COVID-19 vaccine. |
Disagree (more likely to vaccinate) | 60.3 (525)+ | 21.4 (186)− | 18.4 (160)− | <0.001 |
| Neither agree nor disagree | 27.2 (37)− | 37.5 (51)+ | 35.3 (48)+ | ||
| Agree (less likely to vaccinate) | 60.7 (74) | 21.3 (26) | 18.0 (22) | ||
Notes
+Proportion is higher than what was expected by chance.
−Proportion is lower than what was expected by chance.
P-value was calculated using chi-square analysis.