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Table 2 Attitudes toward COVID-19 vaccination Among Latino households in San Francisco Bay Area

From: Household and social characteristics associated with COVID-19 vaccine intent among Latino families in the San Francisco Bay Area

Cohort name

Telomeres at birth (TAB) cohort

(n = 211)

Hispanic, eating and nutrition (HEN) & Latino, eating and diabetes (LEAD) cohorts (n = 108)

Vaccine history (including influenza and childhood vaccinations)^

  

 Comfortable with vaccines for self^

90.0% (189/210)

87.0% (94/108)

 Comfortable with vaccines for children^

83.3% (175/210)

90.7% (98/108)

 Vaccines up-to-date for self^

94.8% (199/210)

95.4% (103/108)

 Children vaccines up-to-date^

94.3% (198/210)

97.2% (105/108)

COVID-19 vaccine plan

  

 Wants COVID-19 vaccine for self or has already received vaccine

80.0% (168/210)

(20% refusal)

84.3% (91/108)

(16.7% refusal)

 Wants child to get COVID-19 vaccine or has already received it

66.7% (70/210)

(33.3% refusal)

74.1% (80/108)

(25.9% refusal)

 Does not want vaccine for self and/or child

35.2% (74/210)

27.8% (30/108)

Reason for COVID-19 vaccine nonintent

  

 Vaccine not around long enough

61.9% (26/74)

26.7% (8/30)

 Can “survive without vaccine”

21.4% (9/74)

16.7% (5/30)

 Does not trust science

14.3% (6/74)

6.7% (2/30)

 Does not trust medicine

14.3% (6/74)

3.3% (1/30)

 Concern about side effects

35.7% (15/74)

23.3% (7/30)

COVID-19 vaccine side effects

  

 Fear side effects of COVID-19 vaccine for self (1–10 scale)*

4.4 ± 3.2

5.1 ± 3.4

 Fear side effects of COVID-19 vaccine for children (1–10 scale)*

5.5 ± 3.2

6.0 ± 3.45

COVID-19 vaccine influence (self-reported influences/influencers)

  

 Family

31.0% (65/210)

24.1% (26/108)

 Friends

26.7% (56/210)

36.1% (39/108)

 Co-workers

21.0% (44/210)

20.4% (22/108)

 Social media

15.2% (32/210)

29.6% (32/108)

 News media

45.2% (95/210)

41.7% (45/108)

  1. *Higher scores are associated with more fears about side effects