Parents’ willingness to pay for their children’s COVID-19 vaccine in Taiwan, China: A cross-sectional study
Most COVID-19 studies aim to assess factors influencing willingness to pay for vaccines between the public and medical staff. However, few studies focus on parents’ willingness to pay for their children’s COVID-19 vaccine. The current study aimed to assess parents’ willingness to pay for their child...
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| author | Chun-Lian Huang Jau-Yuan Chen Xiao-Qing Lin Jing-Shan Deng Tao-Hsin Tung Jian-Sheng Zhu |
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| description | Most COVID-19 studies aim to assess factors influencing willingness to pay for vaccines between the public and medical staff. However, few studies focus on parents’ willingness to pay for their children’s COVID-19 vaccine. The current study aimed to assess parents’ willingness to pay for their children’s vaccination against COVID-19 and its influencing factors. This population-based cross-sectional study used a self-administered questionnaire. The inclusion criterion was parents with at least one child younger than 18 years. The final analysis included 384 valid data points. A total of 89.1% of the parents indicated that they are willing to pay for their children’s vaccination against COVID-19. Among them, both fathers’ and mothers’ willingness to pay for their children’s COVID-19 vaccine was 89.6%. The mean and median willingness to pay were% would pay for their children. Excluding other confounding factors, willingness to pay for the COVID-19 vaccine for themselves and hesitation to vaccinate their children were significantly associated with parents’ willingness to pay for their children’s COVID-19 vaccine. We found that 89.1% of the parents in Taiwan would pay for their children’s COVID-19 vaccine. Parents’ willingness to pay for themselves and hesitation to vaccinate their children were associated with willingness to pay. Reducing hesitation about vaccines and developing policies for vaccine payment may have a positive impact on willingness to pay for vaccines and promoting COVID-19 vaccination. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-75d2f89005e74b4880909311da607cb92023-09-26T13:25:47ZengTaylor & Francis GroupHuman Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics2164-55152164-554X2023-01-0119110.1080/21645515.2023.21689362168936Parents’ willingness to pay for their children’s COVID-19 vaccine in Taiwan, China: A cross-sectional studyChun-Lian Huang0Jau-Yuan Chen1Xiao-Qing Lin2Jing-Shan Deng3Tao-Hsin Tung4Jian-Sheng Zhu5Taizhou Hospital of Zhejiang Province Affiliated to Wenzhou Medical UniversityChang Gung Memorial HospitalTaizhou Hospital of Zhejiang Province Affiliated to Wenzhou Medical UniversityTaizhou Hospital of Zhejiang Province Affiliated to Wenzhou Medical UniversityTaizhou Hospital of Zhejiang Province Affiliated to Wenzhou Medical UniversityTaizhou Hospital of Zhejiang Province Affiliated to Wenzhou Medical UniversityMost COVID-19 studies aim to assess factors influencing willingness to pay for vaccines between the public and medical staff. However, few studies focus on parents’ willingness to pay for their children’s COVID-19 vaccine. The current study aimed to assess parents’ willingness to pay for their children’s vaccination against COVID-19 and its influencing factors. This population-based cross-sectional study used a self-administered questionnaire. The inclusion criterion was parents with at least one child younger than 18 years. The final analysis included 384 valid data points. A total of 89.1% of the parents indicated that they are willing to pay for their children’s vaccination against COVID-19. Among them, both fathers’ and mothers’ willingness to pay for their children’s COVID-19 vaccine was 89.6%. The mean and median willingness to pay were% would pay for their children. Excluding other confounding factors, willingness to pay for the COVID-19 vaccine for themselves and hesitation to vaccinate their children were significantly associated with parents’ willingness to pay for their children’s COVID-19 vaccine. We found that 89.1% of the parents in Taiwan would pay for their children’s COVID-19 vaccine. Parents’ willingness to pay for themselves and hesitation to vaccinate their children were associated with willingness to pay. Reducing hesitation about vaccines and developing policies for vaccine payment may have a positive impact on willingness to pay for vaccines and promoting COVID-19 vaccination.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2023.2168936willingness to paycovid-19 vaccineparentschildrenchinataiwan |
| spellingShingle | Chun-Lian Huang Jau-Yuan Chen Xiao-Qing Lin Jing-Shan Deng Tao-Hsin Tung Jian-Sheng Zhu Parents’ willingness to pay for their children’s COVID-19 vaccine in Taiwan, China: A cross-sectional study Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics willingness to pay covid-19 vaccine parents children china taiwan |
| title | Parents’ willingness to pay for their children’s COVID-19 vaccine in Taiwan, China: A cross-sectional study |
| title_full | Parents’ willingness to pay for their children’s COVID-19 vaccine in Taiwan, China: A cross-sectional study |
| title_fullStr | Parents’ willingness to pay for their children’s COVID-19 vaccine in Taiwan, China: A cross-sectional study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Parents’ willingness to pay for their children’s COVID-19 vaccine in Taiwan, China: A cross-sectional study |
| title_short | Parents’ willingness to pay for their children’s COVID-19 vaccine in Taiwan, China: A cross-sectional study |
| title_sort | parents willingness to pay for their children s covid 19 vaccine in taiwan china a cross sectional study |
| topic | willingness to pay covid-19 vaccine parents children china taiwan |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2023.2168936 |
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