Table 4.
Reasons for not being vaccinated against hepatitis B virus (HBV) according to the level of education among 1,081 unvaccinated men, Korean National Cancer Screening Survey, 2006–2008
| Reasons | Total (%) (n = 1,081) |
Duration of education (years) |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
≤11(%) |
12-15(%) |
≥16(%) |
||
| (n = 385) | (n = 515) | (n = 181) | ||
| Did not know I need HBV vaccination |
40.3 |
46.5 |
38.5 |
32.6 |
| Put it off due to feeling annoyed about it |
19.8 |
17.4 |
21.4 |
20.4 |
| Forgot |
10.2 |
9.9 |
8.5 |
15.5 |
| Lack of time |
18.0 |
10.4 |
22.3 |
22.1 |
| Did not know the severity of the sequelae of HBV infection |
6.7 |
9.4 |
4.9 |
6.1 |
| Other | 5.0 | 6.5 | 4.5 | 3.3 |