Table 3.
Main reasons reported for not receiving influenza vaccinations by occupation.
| Reason | Occupation | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aide | Admin | Technician | Nurse | Physician | Pharmacist | |
| No reason provided | 71.4 (5) | 54.3 (83) | 5.3 (1) | 24.2 (32) | 32.6 (28) | 14.3 (8) |
| To avoid side effects | 14.3 (1) | 6.5 (10) | 5.3 (1) | 9.8 (13) | 16.3 (14) | 12.5 (7) |
| Vaccinated previous year | 0 (0) | 7.8 (12) | 26.3 (5) | 28.8 (38) | 15.1 (13) | 5.4 (3) |
| Behavior | 0 (0) | 14.4 (22) | 36.8 (7) | 7.6 (10) | 19.8 (17) | 48.2 (27) |
| Sick | 0 (0) | 3.3 (5) | 10.5 (2) | 9.1 (12) | 4.7 (4) | 3.6 (2) |
| Pregnant | 0 (0) | 6.5 (10) | 0 (0) | 10.6 (14) | 4.7 (4) | 7.1 (4) |
| Egg allergy | 14.3 (1) | 5.2 (8) | 15.8 (3) | 4.5 (6) | 5.8 (5) | 8.9 (5) |
| On treatment | 0 (0) | 1.3 (2) | 0 (0) | 1.5 (2) | 1.2 (1) | 0 (0) |
| Breast feeding | 0 (0) | 0.7 (1) | 0 (0) | 3.8 (5) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Total Percent (N) | 100 (7) | 100 (153) | 100 (19) | 100 (132) | 100 (86) | 100 (56) |