Table 5.

Agreement in reasons for non-vaccination given by parents for themselves versus for their child, sub-analysis of unvaccinated adult/child pairs (n= 1056), 2011–12 influenza season, National Flu Survey^*, United States.

	Parent + Child +	Parent + Child −	Parent– Child +	Parent– Child −	Agreement ++ or- −	Kappa
	n	n	n	n	%	κ
Reasons‡
Allergic to the vaccine	10	26	18	1002	96	.19
Don’t like needles/shots	58	82	169	747	76	.22
Concerns about getting the flu from the vaccination	229	107	85	635	82	.59
Concerns about side effects from the vaccine	292	87	126	551	80	.63
Have an ongoing health condition	6	26	48	976	93	.01
Never get the flu	230	195	141	490	68	.35
Unlikely to get very sick from the flu	336	200	133	387	68	.33
Not in a high risk group	235	186	169	466	66	.34
Think flu vaccines do not work very well	278	78	79	621	85	.67
Don’t trust government/doctors	184	52	64	756	89	.70
The vaccine costs too much	40	41	16	959	95	.51
Didn’t have time	106	137	40	773	83	.49

^*Based on interviews conducted March 1–29, 2012.