Table 2.

The Frequency of Parents Agreeing with Vaccine Related Beliefs by Child’s Vaccination Status, and Odds Ratios of Child Being Fully Vaccinated

	Agree or Strongly Agree (%)
Statement	Exempt n=236a	Vaccinated n=727	Odds Ratio	95% Confidence Interval
Children should only be immunized against serious diseases	66.3	59.2	0.74	0.53–1.03
Children get more immunizations than are good for them	62.7	23.4	0.18b	0.13–0.26
I am concerned that children’s immune system could be weakened by too many immunizations	64.9	33.7	0.27b	0.19–0.39
I am more likely to trust immunizations that have been around a while compared with new vaccines	71.5	82.8	1.92b	1.33–2.78
Immunizations are one of the safest forms of medicine ever developed	42.0	73.6	3.85b	2.63–5.56
Immunizations are getting better and safer all of the time, as a result of medical research	61.1	94.4	11.11b	6.25–20.00
Vaccines strengthen the immune system	43.9	84.2	6.67b	4.35–11.11
It is better for a child to develop immunity by getting sick than to get a vaccine	43.8	14.5	0.22b	0.14–0.33
Healthy children need immunizations	82.5	98.8	16.67b	8.33–33.33
Immunizations do more harm than good	26.3	2.3	0.07b	0.03–0.12
I am opposed to immunization requirements because they go against freedom of choice	29.3	6.3	0.16b	0.11–0.25
I am opposed to immunization requirements because parents know what is best for their children	19.0	4.9	0.22b	0.13–0.36
Immunization requirements protect children from getting diseases from unimmunized children	68.9	92.2	5.26b	3.45–8.33
Parents should be allowed to send their children to school even if not vaccinated	73.6	34.2	0.19b	0.13–0.27

^aIncludes parents with an exemption on file with the school who did and did not confirm that child had not received all vaccine required for school entry.

^bOdds Ratio P<0.05.