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Parental concerns about COVID-19 vaccines

By the COVID-19 Consortium for Understanding the Public’s Policy Preferences Across States

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● The most cited major concerns of parents are whether the vaccine has been tested enough (51%), the potential for long-term health effects (50%), and how new the vaccine is (46%). 

● Republican and Independent parents are more likely than Democratic parents to cite whether the vaccine has been tested enough and long-term health effects as a major concern. 

● Mothers are more likely than fathers to rate considerations about COVID-19 vaccinations for their children as major concerns, especially whether the vaccine has been tested enough (58% vs. 44%) and how new it is (52% vs. 39%). 

● Young mothers are more likely than older mothers as well as fathers of all ages to express major concerns with whether the vaccine has been tested enough (62%) and long-term health effects (60%). 

● Large gaps exist between parents based on educational attainment. Parents with some high school education are 28 percentage points more likely to cite whether the vaccine has been tested enough as a major concern than parents with bachelor’s degrees (68% vs. 40%). 

● Parents in the lowest income bracket are most likely to cite whether the vaccine has been tested enough (62%) and long-term health effects (59%) as major concerns. 

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August
2021
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