Table 3. Reasons for declining or accepting the influenza vaccination reported by pregnant women referred to obstetrics and maternity hospitals affiliated with Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran, 2010–2011.

	Reason	Frequency (%)
Nonvaccinated (n = 383)	“I don’t know anything about influenza vaccination.”	116 (30.28)
	“I think that I don’t need influenza vaccination”	44 (11.48)
	“I do not get influenza”	37 (9.66)
	“Influenza vaccination doesn’t matter to me”	30 (7.83)
	“Only some special groups other than pregnant women need to be vaccinated against influenza”	3 (0.77)
	“I’m afraid of the side effects of the vaccine for myself, my fetus and my newborn”	2 (0.52)
	“I’m afraid of injections”	2 (0.52)
	“I don’t believe the vaccine is effective”	1 (0.26)
	More than one reason	147 (38.38)
	No reason given	1 (0.26)
Vaccinated (n = 25)	Recommendation of someone other than a physician	15 (60)
	“Influenza vaccination is a must and necessary for everyone”	5 (20)
	“I get influenza several times each year”	3 (12)
	“Influenza vaccination is an effective method to prevent flu in pregnant women”	1 (4)
	More than one reason	1 (4)

^*Eight (1.92%) of studied pregnant women with unclear Influenza vaccination history did not include in comparisons