Table 4.

Preference for injectable or nasal pandemic influenza vaccine

	Overall	Age group			Area of residence					Sex
		Younger	Older	p valuea	Urban-middle income	Urban low-resource	Rural more accessible	Rural less accessible	p valuea	Female	Male	p valuea
	n = 436	n = 223	n = 213		n = 102	n = 113	n = 113	n = 108		n = 221	n = 215
More powerful vaccine (%)b
Neither	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0
Both equal	3.0	2.7	3.3		2.9	3.5	1.8	3.7		3.6	2.3
Injection	44.3	44.4	44.1		42.2	51.3	40.7	42.6		45.2	43.3
Nasal spray	32.6	36.3	28.6		33.3	31.0	37.2	28.7		26.2	39.1	**
Cannot say	20.2	16.6	23.9		21.6	14.2	20.4	25.0		24.9	15.3	*
Safer vaccine (%)c
Neither	0.7	0.5	0.9		0.0	0.9	0.0	1.9		0.9	0.5
Both equal	9.6	11.7	7.5		9.8	5.3	14.2	9.3		12.2	7.0
Injection	57.1	54.7	59.6		46.1	64.6	54.9	62.0	*	55.2	59.1
Nasal spray	27.5	29.6	25.4		42.2	24.8	25.7	18.5	**	25.8	29.3
Cannot say	5.0	3.6	6.6		2.0	4.4	5.3	8.3		5.9	4.2
Personal preference (%)d
No preference	11.2	8.1	14.6	*	9.8	6.2	10.6	18.5	*	12.7	9.8
Injection	58.5	59.2	57.8		52.9	65.5	54.9	60.2		59.3	57.7
Nasal spray	30.3	32.7	27.7		37.3	34.5	28.3	21.3		28.1	32.6

^aFisher's exact test was used to compare proportions across age groups, area of residence and sex, *p≤0.05, **p≤0.01, ***p≤0.001

^bFrequency of responses to the question: “Do you think either of these vaccines (the nasal spray or the injection) would be more powerful and better able to protect you against swine flu? … Why?”

^cFrequency of responses to the question: “Which one of these vaccines (nasal spray or injection) do you think would be safer for you? … Why?”

^dFrequency of responses to the question: “If you could choose either of these vaccines to protect yourself against swine flu, which one would you prefer, the nasal spray or the injection? … Why?”

All questions were enquired in the local language, Marathi, and translations have been provided here.