Table 1.
Vaccine worry and vaccine hassles scales—reliability, factor analyses, and participants’ responses
| Scales (Cronbach’s alpha, Eigen-value) | Scale items | Single factor loadings | Participants’ responses, % (N = 160) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Strongly disagree | Disagree | Neither agree nor disagree | Agree | Strongly agree | |||
| Vaccine Worry (0.89, 2.67) | I am worried that vaccines could harm my child | 0.90 | 16.3 | 28.1 | 15.0 | 30.6 | 10.0 |
| I am worried that vaccines could lead to many diseases | 0.76 | 30.0 | 40.0 | 16.9 | 7.5 | 5.6 | |
| I am concerned about vaccines side effects | 0.81 | 12.5 | 20.0 | 13.1 | 43.8 | 10.6 | |
| I am concerned that vaccines could be linked to autism or other learning disabilities | 0.80 | 36.3 | 24.4 | 15.6 | 13.7 | 10.0 | |
| Vaccine hassles (0.74, 1.98) | It is difficult to take time off work for vaccination | 0.37 | 47.5 | 31.3 | 13.1 | 8.1 | 0 |
| Vaccines are costly | 0.62 | 35.0 | 38.1 | 14.4 | 11.3 | 1.2 | |
| There are too many recommended vaccines | 0.80 | 28.1 | 28.8 | 19.4 | 15.0 | 8.7 | |
| I don’t have access to vaccination facility | 0.42 | 68.8 | 27.5 | 3.7 | 0 | 0 | |
| I am against the way vaccines are made | 0.80 | 37.5 | 28.8 | 19.4 | 8.1 | 6.2 | |