Table 2.

Demographic characteristics

	Control (n = 71)	CARD (n = 81)	p-value*
Child age in years	8.6 ± 2.1	8.1 ± 2.0 †	0.20
Child sex, male	42 (59)	37 (46)	0.14
Baseline level of fear ‡	2.2 ± 1.0	2.1 ± 1.0	0.75
COVID-19 vaccine, first dose	27 (38)	19 (24)	0.08
No. of children in family	1.5 ± 0.5	1.6 ± 0.6	0.62
Present with a sibling who was also getting vaccinated	34 (51)	41 (48)	0.86
No. of vaccines administered by site §			0.93
Site 1	30 ± 42	38 ± 47
Site 2	11 ± 16	14 ± 17
Site 3	11 ± 16	9 ± 11
Site 4	10 ± 14	10 ± 12
Site 5	9 ± 13	10 ± 12

Values are frequency (%) or mean ± standard deviation.

^*Chi-square test or t-test, as appropriate.

^†n = 80.

^‡1 = not at all, 2 = a little bit, 3 = medium amount, 4 = a lot.

^§Site 1 included 2 vaccinators; all other sites included 1 vaccinator.