Table 2.
Predictors of Parental Intentions to Seek Information and Obtain the COVID-19 Vaccination for their Children.
| Variable | Level | A1: Seeking information |
A2: Intentions to vaccinate |
A3: Following recommendation |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Odds Ratio (95% CI) |
Overall P value |
Odds Ratio (95% CI) |
Overall P value | Odds Ratio (95% CI) |
Overall P value |
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| Vaccine Attitudes | – | 2.65 (2.27–3.08) | <0.001 | 2.71 (2.32–3.16) | <0.001 | 2.97 (2.54–3.48) | <0.001 |
| Gender (ref: Female) | Male | 1.48 (1.14–1.92) | 0.003 | 1.30 (1.00–1.68) | 0.049 | – | – |
| US Born (ref: No) | Yes | 0.62 (0.38–1.01) | 0.057 | – | – | – | – |
| Education (ref: GED or lower) |
Some College/ Associate's | 1.41 (0.96–2.06) | <0.001 | 1.14 (0.78–1.66) 2.11 (1.41–3.15) |
<0.001 | 0.99 (0.68–1.45) | <0.001 |
| Bachelor's Degree | 2.07 (1.39–3.10) | 2.03 (1.36–3.05) | |||||
| Graduate School | 3.32 (2.11–5.21) | 3.61 (2.30–5.69) | 3.25 (2.06–5.11) | ||||
| Annual Income (ref: ≥ $100,000) |
$0 to $19,000 | 1.09 (0.63–1.88) 0.71 (0.47–1.06) 0.76 (0.53–1.10) 0.59 (0.42–0.84) |
0.022 | 0.64 (0.37–1.12) 0.74 (0.49–1.11) 0.72 (0.50–1.03) 0.59 (0.42–0.84) |
0.048 | 0.63 (0.36–1.10) 0.59 (0.40–0.89) 0.72 (0.50–1.04) 0.61 (0.43–0.86) |
0.037 |
| $20,000 to $49,999 | |||||||
| $50,000 to $74,999 | |||||||
| $75,000 to $99,000 | |||||||
| Health Insurance (ref: No) | Yes | – | – | 1.43 (0.99–2.06) | 0.054 | 1.58 (1.09–2.27) | 0.015 |
| # Children (ref: 1 child) |
2 children 3 or more |
1.20 (0.91–1.58) 0.82 (0.59–1.13) |
0.049 | 1.18 (0.90–1.55) 0.82 (0.59–1.14) |
0.070 | 1.13 (0.86–1.49) 0.79 (0.57–1.09) |
0.080 |
| Language Preference other than English (ref: No) | Yes | – | – | 1.90 (1.20–3.01) | 0.006 | 2.16 (1.36–3.44) | 0.001 |
| In general, how difficult is it for you to understand written health information? (ref: Not very easy⁎) | Very easy | 1.01 (0.79–1.30) | 0.018 | 0.86 (0.65–1.14) | 0.024 | 0.82 (0.62–1.09) | 0.001 |
| Other⁎⁎ | 0.39 (0.20–0.75) | 0.40 (0.21–0.79) | 0.30 (0.15–0.58) | ||||
| In general, how easy or hard do you find it to understand medical statistics? (ref: Difficult) | Very easy | – | – | 1.37 (1.01–1.87) | 0.049 | 1.34 (0.97–1.84) | 0.074 |
Legend: Analysis (A)
A1: Predictors of parental intentions to seek more information about the COVID-19 vaccine for their child(ren)
A2: Predictors of parental intentions to obtain the COVID-19 vaccine for their child(ren) once available
A3: Predictors of parental intentions to obtain the COVID-19 vaccine for their child(ren) if they received a strong provider recommendation to vaccinate
Bold font indicates there is a 95% probability that the true odds ratio is likely to fall in the designated range without bias or confounding.
The “Not very easy” category includes response options ranging from “Difficult” to “Somewhat easy.”
Response options under the “Other” category included: “I don't pay attention to written health information,” and “I don't know/I'm not sure.”