Table 2.

Perception toward influenza vaccination program in Srinagar, India (n = 1421). The responses are classified as 1 – strongly agree, 2 – agree, 3 – neither agree nor disagree, 4 – disagree, 5 – strongly disagree. The figures in the parentheses represent the percentages

Perception	Strongly agree	Agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Disagree	Strongly disagree	Median
Vaccines cause unknown illness	35 (2·5)	246 (17·3)	403 (28·4)	551 (38·8)	186 (13·1)	4
Vaccines weaken immune system	24 (1·7)	90 (6·3)	92 (6·5)	754 (53·1)	461 (32·4)	4
Vaccine adverse effects are under reported	68 (4·8)	376 (26·5)	730 (51·4)	195 (13·7)	52 (3·7)	3
Vaccine programs are beneficial	682 (48)	648 (45·6)	40 (2·8)	26 (1·8)	25 (1·8)	2
Vaccine programs are motivated by profit	241 (17·0)	624 (43·9)	351 (24·7)	123 (8·7)	82 (5·8)	2