TABLE 3—

Reasons Why Respondents Did Not Receive the Influenza Vaccine in the Past 12 Months, Weighted Percentages (n = 831): Sinai Community Health Survey 2.0, Chicago, IL, 2015–2016

Reasons	Overall Survey, %	Non-Hispanic White, %	Non-Hispanic Black, %	Mexican, %	Puerto Rican, %
Recommendation awarenessa	43	38	44	46	29
Vaccine safetyb	39	37	42	37	40
Disease susceptibility or severityc	34	49	38	26	39
Financial or logistical barriersd	6	9	4	7	. . .
No reason provided	3	2	2	4	. . .

Note. Ellipses indicate suppressed data. Respondents who did not receive the flu vaccine in the past 12 months were asked why not. Respondents could select 0, 1, or more of 13 possible reasons. The 13 reasons were condensed into the 4 categories as described in the footnotes that follow.

^a“Didn't think about it/Forgot/Missed it”; “Didn't know it was needed”; “Doctor did not recommend a flu shot.”

^b“Shot could have side effects or cause disease”; “Shot could cause flu”; “Don't like shots or needles/Concerns about soreness”; “Doctor recommended against getting shot/Allergic to shot/Medical reason.”

^c“Didn't think it would prevent the flu/Could get the flu anyway”; “Getting flu isn't serious/Would not get flu anyway”; “Already had a flu shot and didn't need it again.”

^d“Cost of shot/Not worth the money”; “Inconvenient to get shot/Unable to get to location”; “Vaccine unavailable/Vaccine shortage.”