Growing shares of parents say that their eligible children have gotten at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, and three in ten parents with children under age 5 say they want to get their child vaccinated immediately once they become eligible, a new KFF COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor report shows.
Among parents with children ages 12-17, 61% now say that their child is vaccinated, up from 49% in November. Another 3% now say they plan to get their child vaccinated as soon as possible, and 6% say they want to “wait and see” how it works for others before doing so. Nearly a quarter (23%) of parents with adolescent children say they definitely will not get them vaccinated, while a small share (4%) say they will only do so if it is required for school. …
About one in seven (14%) parents of unvaccinated children ages 5-17 say that news about the omicron variant makes them more likely to get their [child] vaccinated, while a large majority (79%) say that it makes no difference. CONTINUED
Kaiser Family Foundation
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