Table 3.
Reasons women gave for electing AGAINST influenza immunisation in pregnancy a
| Number of women stating not vaccinated during pregnancy | No one mentioned flu vaccination | GP advised against vaccination | Obstetrician advised against vaccination | Midwife advised against vaccination | Concerned about maternal vaccination effects | Concerned about baby vaccination effects | Not pregnant during the flu season | First trimester so avoided vaccine | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | N | n | n/N (%) | n | n/N (%) | n | n/N (%) | n | n/N (%) | n | n/N (%) | n | n/N (%) | n | n/N (%) | n | n/N (%) |
| 2010 | 139 | 75 | 54.0% | 6 | 4.3% | 1 | 0.7% | 2 | 1.4% | 64 | 46.4% | 84 | 60.9% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| 2011 | 146 | 65 | 44.5% | 6 | 4.1% | 2 | 1.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 57 | 39.0% | 62 | 42.5% | 4 | 2.8% | 1 | 0.7% |
| 2012 | 131 | 72 | 55.0% | 8 | 6.1% | 3 | 2.3% | 5 | 3.8% | 32 | 24.4% | 34 | 26.0% | 1 | 0.8% | 0 | 0.0% |
| 2013 | 114 | 60 | 52.6% | 2 | 1.8% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 21 | 18.4% | 25 | 21.9% | 2 | 1.8% | 0 | 0.0% |
| 2014 | 91 | 44 | 48.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 27 | 29.7% | 28 | 30.8% | 1 | 1.1% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Chi-square, (df) | 4.1, (4) | 32.7, (3) | 19.7, (3) | 5.6, (3) | 29.5, (4) | 54.6, (4) | 4.7, (4) | 1.9, (2) | |||||||||
| p | 0.388 | b | b | <0.001* | <0.001* | b | b | ||||||||||
*The Pearson Chi-square statistic is significant at the .01 level.
aWomen could nominate more than one reason.
bChi-square not calculated as > 20% of cells have expected cell counts < 5.