Why do parents willingness-to-pay to vaccinate their children against COVID-19? A real-world evidence in Taizhou, China
Purpose This population-based cross-sectional study was conducted to explore whether parents are willing to pay to vaccinate their children against COVID-19 in China. Methods With a self-administered online questionnaire, we investigated parents’ willingness to pay for their children to be vaccinate...
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| author | Tao-Hsin Tung Xiao-Qing Lin Yan Chen Hongwei Wu Mei-Xian Zhang Jian-Sheng Zhu |
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| description | Purpose This population-based cross-sectional study was conducted to explore whether parents are willing to pay to vaccinate their children against COVID-19 in China. Methods With a self-administered online questionnaire, we investigated parents’ willingness to pay for their children to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in Taizhou, China. Of the 1,845 parents who answered the structured questionnaire when they received an e-mail or e-poster invitation, 1788 samples with valid data underwent data analysis. Results A total of 66.1% of parents reported being willing to pay to inoculate their children with the COVID-19 vaccine. After adjustment for confounding factors, lower education level, one-child family (yes vs. no, OR = 1.35, 95%CI: 1.04–1.74), knowledge score of vaccination against COVID-19 (high vs. low, OR = 1.31, 95%CI: 1.01–1.69), awareness of the permitted use of the vaccine (yes vs. no, OR = 1.51, 95%CI: 1.16–1.97), and willingness to pay for a COVID-19 vaccine for themselves (yes vs. no, OR = 16.31, 95%CI: 12.59–21.14) were significantly associated with parents’ willingness to pay for their children. Conclusion We found that a moderate proportion of parents reported unwillingness to pay for their child to be vaccinated against COVID-19. The results indicate that further detailed assessment and more health education planning are required to increasing parents’ WTP for the vaccination of children in China. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-34fb8ba36ffa4e23a3fb1dbdbc2296542023-09-26T12:55:44ZengTaylor & Francis GroupHuman Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics2164-55152164-554X2022-01-011811910.1080/21645515.2021.20147312014731Why do parents willingness-to-pay to vaccinate their children against COVID-19? A real-world evidence in Taizhou, ChinaTao-Hsin Tung0Xiao-Qing Lin1Yan Chen2Hongwei Wu3Mei-Xian Zhang4Jian-Sheng Zhu5Wenzhou Medical UniversityWenzhou Medical UniversityWenzhou Medical UniversityWenzhou Medical UniversityWenzhou Medical UniversityWenzhou Medical UniversityPurpose This population-based cross-sectional study was conducted to explore whether parents are willing to pay to vaccinate their children against COVID-19 in China. Methods With a self-administered online questionnaire, we investigated parents’ willingness to pay for their children to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in Taizhou, China. Of the 1,845 parents who answered the structured questionnaire when they received an e-mail or e-poster invitation, 1788 samples with valid data underwent data analysis. Results A total of 66.1% of parents reported being willing to pay to inoculate their children with the COVID-19 vaccine. After adjustment for confounding factors, lower education level, one-child family (yes vs. no, OR = 1.35, 95%CI: 1.04–1.74), knowledge score of vaccination against COVID-19 (high vs. low, OR = 1.31, 95%CI: 1.01–1.69), awareness of the permitted use of the vaccine (yes vs. no, OR = 1.51, 95%CI: 1.16–1.97), and willingness to pay for a COVID-19 vaccine for themselves (yes vs. no, OR = 16.31, 95%CI: 12.59–21.14) were significantly associated with parents’ willingness to pay for their children. Conclusion We found that a moderate proportion of parents reported unwillingness to pay for their child to be vaccinated against COVID-19. The results indicate that further detailed assessment and more health education planning are required to increasing parents’ WTP for the vaccination of children in China.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2021.2014731covid-19willingness-to-vaccineparentschildrenchina |
| spellingShingle | Tao-Hsin Tung Xiao-Qing Lin Yan Chen Hongwei Wu Mei-Xian Zhang Jian-Sheng Zhu Why do parents willingness-to-pay to vaccinate their children against COVID-19? A real-world evidence in Taizhou, China Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics covid-19 willingness-to-vaccine parents children china |
| title | Why do parents willingness-to-pay to vaccinate their children against COVID-19? A real-world evidence in Taizhou, China |
| title_full | Why do parents willingness-to-pay to vaccinate their children against COVID-19? A real-world evidence in Taizhou, China |
| title_fullStr | Why do parents willingness-to-pay to vaccinate their children against COVID-19? A real-world evidence in Taizhou, China |
| title_full_unstemmed | Why do parents willingness-to-pay to vaccinate their children against COVID-19? A real-world evidence in Taizhou, China |
| title_short | Why do parents willingness-to-pay to vaccinate their children against COVID-19? A real-world evidence in Taizhou, China |
| title_sort | why do parents willingness to pay to vaccinate their children against covid 19 a real world evidence in taizhou china |
| topic | covid-19 willingness-to-vaccine parents children china |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2021.2014731 |
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