Parents’ intentions to vaccinate children for COVID-19 by child age: sociodemographic factors and reasons for hesitancy

Parents’ intentions to vaccinate children for COVID-19 by child age: sociodemographic factors and reasons for hesitancy

Collection:
Health Policy and Services Research
Series Title(s):
ASPE issue brief
Author(s):
Kolbe, Allison, author
Beleche, Trinidad, author
Ross, Tamia, author
Marus, Jessica, author
Contributor(s):
United States. Department of Health and Human Services. Office of Science and Data Policy, issuing body.
Publication:
Washington, D.C. : Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Office of Science & Data Policy, February 2022
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Adolescent
Child
COVID-19 Vaccines -- therapeutic use
Intention
Parents
Vaccination Hesitancy -- statistics & numerical data
United States
Genre(s):
Technical Report
Abstract:
According to the CDC COVID Data Tracker, as of January 30, 2022, 21.4 percent of children aged 5-11 and 55.9 percent of children aged 12-17 are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. A larger percent of parents with children aged 5-11 are hesitant to vaccinate their children (34 percent) than parents of children aged 12-17 (21 percent). Vaccinated parents tend to be less hesitant to vaccinate their children than unvaccinated parents, although hesitancy still varies by child age: among vaccinated parents, 21 percent were hesitant to vaccinate children aged 5-11, compared with 8 percent for children aged 12-17. Hesitancy to vaccinate children varied by demographic characteristics and was highest among non-Hispanic White respondents and those without a college education. The main reasons for hesitancy to vaccinate children were concerns about side effects, plans to wait and see, and distrust in vaccines or the government.
Copyright:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Extent:
1 online resource (1 PDF file (17 pages))
Illustrations:
Illustrations
NLM Unique ID:
9918574284206676 (See catalog record)
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/9918574284206676