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. 2013 Jul 12;13:647. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-647

Table 5.

Reasons for not having influenza vaccination (%)

 
Male
Female
Choices
Total
20-29
30-39
40-49
50-59
60-69
Total
20-29
30-39
40-49
50-59
60-69
  (n = 1143) (n = 197) (n = 242) (n = 231) (n = 226) (n = 247) (n = 1113) (n = 174) (n = 231) (n = 245) (n = 213) (n = 250)
No time to visit a medical institution.
32.0
42.8
33.7
36.6
32.3
17.3
22.4
33.9
23.5
25.9
21.0
11.1
(29.3-34.7)
(35.9-49.7)
(27.7-39.7)
(30.4-42.8)
(26.2-38.4)
(12.6-22.0)
(20.0-24.8)
(26.9-40.9)
(18.0-29.0)
(20.4-31.4)
(15.5-26.5)
(7.2-15.0)
Believed oneself unlikely to be infected with influenza
25.1
26.1
15.3
19.5
25.1
39.2
22.7
24.8
22.4
19.8
19.3
27.1
(22.6-27.6)
(20.0-32.2)
(10.8-19.8)
(14.4-24.6)
(19.4-30.8)
(33.1-45.3)
(20.2-25.2)
(18.4-31.2)
(17.0-27.8)
(14.8-24.8)
(14.0-24.6)
(21.6-32.6)
Could not afford vaccination.
20.1
22.7
19.2
26.7
20.2
12.4
23.8
28.4
35.2
28.6
18.2
10.4
(17.8-22.4)
(16.9-28.5)
(14.2-24.2)
(21.0-32.4)
(15.0-25.4)
(8.3-16.5)
(21.3-26.3)
(21.7-35.1)
(29.0-41.4)
(22.9-34.3)
(13.0-23.4)
(6.6-14.2)
Lack of confidence that influenza vaccinations are effective
19.0
7.5
20.0
21.4
18.9
24.9
22.2
10.5
20.4
23.3
22.0
31.0
(16.7-21.3)
(3.8-11.2)
(15.0-25.0)
(16.1-26.7)
(13.8-24.0)
(19.5-30.3)
(19.8-24.6)
(5.9-15.1)
(15.2-25.6)
(18.0-28.6)
(16.4-27.6)
(25.3-36.7)
Believed that disease would not likely become severe even if infected with influenza
19.3
15.2
13.6
17.0
19.0
30.6
17.5
14.3
14.4
17.0
22.0
19.4
(17.0-21.6)
(10.2-20.2)
(9.3-17.9)
(12.2-21.8)
(13.9-24.1)
(24.9-36.3)
(15.3-19.7)
(9.1-19.5)
(9.9-18.9)
(12.3-21.7)
(16.4-27.6)
(14.5-24.3)
Concerned about adverse reactions that might occur with vaccinations
12.3
10.1
11.6
12.3
11.6
15.6
18.0
8.7
11.9
15.5
22.7
28.5
(10.4-14.2)
(5.9-14.3)
(7.6-15.6)
(8.1-16.5)
(7.4-15.8)
(11.1-20.1)
(15.7-20.3)
(4.5-12.9)
(7.7-16.1)
(11.0-20.0)
(17.1-28.3)
(22.9-34.1)
Dislike of injections
13.9
13.5
16.3
15.9
10.7
12.8
14.1
19.2
12.9
13.2
11.1
15.1
(11.9-15.9)
(8.7-18.3)
(11.6-21.0)
(11.2-20.6)
(6.7-14.7)
(8.6-17.0)
(12.1-16.1)
(13.3-25.1)
(8.6-17.2)
(9.0-17.4)
(6.9-15.3)
(10.7-19.5)
Lack of knowledge about where to be vaccinated
6.1
9.1
6.5
3.3
5.6
6.6
3.4
8.0
5.2
1.8
1.0
2.1
(4.7-7.5)
(5.1-13.1)
(3.4-9.6)
(1.0-5.6)
(2.6-8.6)
(3.5-9.7)
(2.3-4.5)
(4.0-12.0)
(2.3-8.1)
(0.1-3.5)
(0.0-2.3)
(0.3-3.9)
Prior experience of an adverse reaction after being vaccinated for influenza or another disease 2.1
1.4
2.6
1.7
3.1
1.7
3.6
2.0
3.2
5.1
3.5
3.9
(1.3-2.9) (0.0-3.0) (0.6-4.6) (0.0-3.4) (0.8-5.4) (0.1-3.3) (2.5-4.7) (0.0-4.1) (0.9-5.5) (2.3-7.9) (1.0-6.0) (1.5-6.3)