Table 4.
Parent’s Perspectives on the COVID-19 Vaccine and their concern toward children’s vaccination.
| Queries Related to Parents’ Perspectives | Categories | Parents Expect that Vaccination May Be More Dangerous for Children than Adults | p-Value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes (n = 449) | No (n = 480) | Don’t Know (n = 534) | ||||||
| N | % | N | % | N | % | |||
| Hesitancy before your children are vaccinated | Yes | 225 | 47.8% | 91 | 19.3% | 155 | 32.9% | 0.00 |
| No | 163 | 20.2% | 331 | 41.1% | 311 | 38.6% | ||
| Not Received vaccine | 61 | 32.6% | 58 | 31.0% | 68 | 36.4% | ||
| Have concerns that the Corona vaccine affects child genes | Yes | 126 | 56.0% | 48 | 21.3% | 51 | 22.7% | 0.00 |
| No | 129 | 24.2% | 295 | 55.2% | 110 | 20.6% | ||
| Don’t know | 194 | 27.6% | 137 | 19.5% | 373 | 53.0% | ||
| Have you had any bad side effects from receiving vaccinations in the past? | Yes | 167 | 45.6% | 102 | 27.9% | 97 | 26.5% | 0.00 |
| No | 220 | 26.0% | 333 | 39.3% | 294 | 34.7% | ||
| Not sure | 62 | 24.8% | 45 | 18.0% | 143 | 57.2% | ||