Table 1.
Socio-demographic and vaccine characteristics of the study participants and the children/adolescents they care for stratified by vaccine hesitancy.
| Variables | Hesitant | Not Hesitant | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age group | |||
| 18–39 years old | 789 (11.7 %) | 5,959 (88.3 %) | <0.001 |
| 40–59 years old | 1,181 (14.3 %) | 7,090 (85.7 %) | |
| 60–74 years old | 58 (21.7 %) | 209 (78.3 %) | |
| ≥ 75 years old | 0 (0 %) | 11 (100 %) | |
| Ethnicity | |||
| White | 1,515 (13.6 %) | 9,622 (86.4 %) | <0.001 |
| Black | 63 (8.1 %) | 716 (91.9 %) | |
| Brown | 413 (13.4 %) | 2,671 (86.6 %) | |
| Yellow | 29 (12.6 %) | 202 (87.4 %) | |
| Indigenous | 2 (8 %) | 23 (92 %) | |
| Gender | |||
| Female | 1,535 (12 %) | 11,284 (88 %) | <0.001 |
| Male | 479 (19.9 %) | 1927 (80.1 %) | |
| Other/I'd rather not inform | 10 (21,7%) | 36 (78.3 %) | |
| Schooling | |||
| Incomplete Fundamental Education | 10 (24.4 %) | 31 (75.6 %) | <0.001 |
| Completed Fundamental Education | 22 (14.28 %) | 132 (85.7 %) | |
| Completed High School | 248 (12.42 %) | 1,748 (87.57 %) | |
| Completed Higher Education | 1,740 (13.3 %) | 11,313 (86.6 %) | |
| Monthly Income | |||
| No income | 41 (14.2 %) | 248 (85.8 %) | |
| Up to US$ 641 | 176 (9.8 %) | 1,615 (90.2 %) | <0.001 |
| US$ 642–855 | 275 (11 %) | 2,222 (89.0 %) | |
| US$ 856–2,137 | 491 (11.70 %) | 3,705 (88.3 %) | |
| >2138 | 936 (16.3 %) | 4,791 (83.7 %) | |
| Change of income during the pandemic | |||
| No income change | 876 (12.2 %) | 6,323 (87.8 %) | <0.001 |
| Increased income | 89 (12.3 %) | 632 (87.7 %) | |
| Decreased income | 1,048 (14.4 %) | 6,244 (85.6 %) | |
| Complete vaccination of caregivers against Covid-19 | |||
| Yes | 1,476 (10.1 %) | 13,163 (89.9 %) | |
| No, only the 1st dose | 154 (64.7 %) | 84 (36.3 %) | |
| Not vaccinated | 392 (96.8 %) | 13 (3.2 %) | <0.001 |
| Routine vaccines | |||
| Vaccinates their children with all vaccines | 1,878 (12.29 %) | 13,080 (85.5 %) | <0.001 |
| Refuses some vaccines | 135 (44.7 %) | 167 (55.3 %) | |
| Does not vaccinate | 11 (84.6 %) | 2 (15.4 %) | |
| Any child with deficiency or chronic disease | |||
| Yes | 212 (11.5 %) | 1,625 (88.5 %) | 0.01 |
| No | 1,813 (13.5 %) | 11,618 (86.5 %) | |
| Children attending on-site education | |||
| Yes (some/all of them) | 1,787 (11.68 %) | 10,832 (70.81 %) | <0.001 |
| No | 116 (6.8 %) | 1600 (93.2 %) | |
| Any child feeling lonely, sadness, depression, anxiety due to social distancing | |||
| Yes | 668 (10.1 %) | 5,936 (89.9 %) | <0.001 |
| No | 1,355 (15.7 %) | 7,299 (84.3 %) | |
| Any children who have had Covid | |||
| Yes | 502 (19.6 %) | 2,057 (80.4 %) | <0.001 |
| No | 1,523 (12 %) | 11,195 (88 %) | |