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. 2023 Jan 20;69:108–115. doi: 10.1016/j.pedn.2023.01.003

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
Odds Ratio
(95% CI)
Overall
P value
Odds Ratio
(95% CI)
Overall P value Odds Ratio
(95% CI)
Overall
P value
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.”

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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.”