Low parental income level is associated with pediatric COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in the San Francisco Bay area.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To characterize the differences between COVID-19 vaccine-hesitant and vaccine-accepting parents in the Bay Area.

Methods

We analyzed a cross-sectional survey of 251 parents of children (< 18 years) from six San Francisco Bay Area counties in November of 2022. We adapted WHO's Vaccine Hesitancy Scale (VHS) into a 9-item Likert scale measuring COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy. We assigned a VHS score to each participant, with lower VHS scores indicating higher vaccine hesitancy. We performed multiple linear regression analyses with VHS scores and children's vaccination status as outcomes and demographic factors as predictors.

Results

Parents of children who had received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine had a 17.1% higher VHS score compared to parents of chi

SUBMITTER: Takou Mbah OC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11889740 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature