A survey conducted before the High Authority for Health (HAS) recommends that vaccination against Covid-19 be open to 5-11 year olds on December 20, reveals that two-thirds of parents (67%) of children concerned are against it.
Conducted by the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regional Health Observatory, the study took place between December 2 and 17, 2021 with a sample of 2,022 people representative of the adult population residing in France. metropolitan (quota method).
Among parents of children aged 5 to 11, primarily concerned, 67% are unfavorable of which 53% are "very unfavorable" and 14% "somewhat not favorable" (against 23% in favor and 10% without opinion) .
Mothers are more reluctant (76% unfavorable against 54% of fathers).
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Among parents who have at least one dependent child, the proportion of people who are opposed to the vaccination of 5-11 year olds drops to 58% (28% are in favor).
More generally, 39% of respondents (all categories combined) are "very" or "somewhat" unfavorable to the vaccination of 5-11 year olds, 43% are "very" or "somewhat" favorable, and 18% do not express themselves. not.
Very "soft" start
The chairman of the Vaccine Strategy Steering Committee, Alain Fischer, regretted Friday that the agreement of both parents, and no longer just one, is now necessary to vaccinate children aged 5 to 11 against Covid- 19, following a request from the Council of State.
Open since the end of December to all children, vaccination for this age group starts "slowly", admitted Mr. Fischer.
To date, very few have received a first injection: "80-90,000", or "just over 1%".
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The study was not only about vaccination of 5-11 year olds but vaccination against Covid-19 in general.
It shows that 89.5% of respondents say they have been vaccinated or intend to do so.
"Among the remaining 10.5%, it is important to note that a majority seems to have made a final opinion on this subject," notes the survey, since 7% are "certain" not to be vaccinated.
Respondents who refuse the vaccine "are more often women, young people, feeling close to parties of the radical right and the radical left, or not feeling close to any party," the study concludes.