Confidence in childhood vaccine safety testing is higher among older parents | Pew Research Center

November 14, 2025

Parents’ confidence in childhood vaccine effectiveness, safety testing and schedule

Confidence in childhood vaccine safety testing is higher among older parents

Confidence in childhood vaccine safety testing is higher among older parents

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Parents’ confidence in childhood vaccine effectiveness, safety testing and schedule
More than half of U.S. parents with a child under 18 are extremely or very confident childhood vaccines are highly effective at preventing serious illness
Democratic parents are more likely than Republican parents to have a high degree of confidence in vaccine effectiveness
Confidence in childhood vaccine safety testing is higher among older parents
About one-quarter of parents have low confidence in the childhood vaccine schedule’s safety