Parents’ Concern About Children Becoming Infected With HIV
More than one-third (36%) of parents of children age 21 or younger say they are “very concerned” about their child becoming infected with HIV. African American and Latino parents are more likely than white parents to say they are “very concerned” about their child becoming infected with HIV. Two-thirds of African Americans (66%) and nearly half of Latinos (46%) say they are “very concerned” about their children becoming infected, compared with about a quarter (26%) of white parents.