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. 2023 Jul 25;19(2):2235964. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2023.2235964

Table 2.

Percentage of extent of agreement with items of the ‘lack of confidence’ and ‘risks’ domains in the overall sample.

    Weighted %
  Items Strongly disagree Disagree Neither agree
nor disagree
Agree Strongly agree
1. Vaccines are important for my health. 1.0 1.4 9.1 37.9 50.6
2. Vaccines are effective 1.3 3.6 14.8 50.3 30.0
3. Vaccines are important for the health of others in my community 0.8 1.0 4.6 44.1 49.5
4. All vaccines offered by the government program in my community are beneficial 1.1 2.2 9.2 46.3 41.2
5. New vaccines carry more risks than older vaccines 4.2 21.4 50.9 16.8 6.7
6. The information I receive about vaccines from the program is reliable 1.0 2.9 15.0 60.4 20.6
7. Getting vaccines is a good way to protect myself from diseases 1.6 1.1 8.6 47.7 41.0
8. Generally I do what my doctor or healthcare provider recommends about vaccines 1.4 1.8 7.3 54.0 35.5
9. I am concerned about serious adverse effects about vaccines 6.4 19.0 21.8 35.2 17.6
10. Vaccines cause diseases 21.3 40.7 30.4 6.7 0.9
11. Government over hypes the need for vaccines 12.5 41.7 19.9 20.0 5.8
12 Corporations manufacturing vaccines only care for profit 4.6 30.9 40.0 18.3 6.2
13. I am uncomfortable getting a vaccine that was rushed into production 5.7 26.0 25.0 31.9 11.5
14. I feel uncomfortable getting vaccinated 19.0 54.0 12.0 11.9 3.0