Table 4.
The content of the survey questionnaire.
Content domain | Item | Response format and category |
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Hesitant | Not sure | Non-hesitant | ||
Behavior | 1. Have you ever delayed your child’s vaccination for reasons other than illness or allergy? | Yes | Not sure | No |
2. How sure that following the recommended schedule is good for your child? | 0–5 points | 6–7 points | 8–10 points | |
3. It is my role as a parent to question vaccinations. | Strongly Agree/Agree | Not sure | Disagree/Strongly Disagree | |
4. If you had another infant today, would you intend to get all the recommended vaccinations? | No | Not sure | Yes | |
5. Overall, how hesitant about childhood vaccinations would you consider yourself to be? | Somewhat hesitant/Very hesitant | Not sure | Not at all hesitant/Not too hesitant | |
Beliefs | 6. Children receiving more vaccinations are good for them. | Disagree/Strongly Disagree | Not sure | ‘Strongly Agree/Agree |
7. I believe that many of the illnesses prevented by vaccines are severe. | Disagree/Strongly Disagree | Not sure | ‘Strongly Agree/Agree | |
8. It is better for my child to develop immunity by getting sick than vaccination. | ‘Strongly Agree/Agree | Not sure | Disagree/Strongly Disagree | |
9. It is better for children to get fewer vaccines at the same time. | ‘Strongly Agree/Agree | Not sure | Disagree/Strongly Disagree | |
10. How concerned about the potential serious side effect following vaccination? | Somewhat concerned/Very concerned | Not sure | Not at all concerned/Not too concerned | |
11. How concerned about the vaccine efficacy? | Somewhat concerned/Very concerned | Not sure | Not at all concerned/Not too concerned | |
Attitudes | 12. The only reason for get childhood vaccinations is they can enter daycare or school. | Yes | Not sure | No |
Trust | 13. I trust the information received about vaccine. | Disagree/Strongly Disagree | Not sure | ‘Strongly Agree/Agree |
14. I can discuss my concern on vaccines with my doctors openly. | Disagree/Strongly Disagree | Not sure | ‘Strongly Agree/Agree | |
15. Overall, how much do you trust your child’s vaccination doctor? | 0–5 points | 6–7 points | 8–10 points |