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) | |