Table 3.

Reasons reported by primary respondents for household members not receiving flu vaccination (N=1271)^*

Reason	Percentage (n)
Thinks flu vaccination is unnecessary	27.4 (348)
Does not think vaccine is effective	11.8 (150)
Does not have insurance/had to pay fee	10.9 (138)
Did not have time to be vaccinated	10.0 (127)
Physician did not mention vaccine	8.4 (107)
Usually does not get sick	8.0 (102)
Does not like/avoids physicians	6.0 (76)
Does not like injections	4.4 (56)
Fear of negative side effects	3.6 (46)
Physician advised against vaccine	3.3 (42)
Clinic/practice ran out of vaccine	3.1 (39)
Too young to be vaccinated (<6 months)	2.1 (27)
Only visits physician when sick	0.9 (11)
Allergic to vaccine	0.8 (10)
Thought vaccine was only for very young, older or sick people	0.5 (6)

^*Primary respondents provided free-response answers which were subsequently categorised by investigators. Respondents could provide multiple answers or none at all.