Table 3:
Vaccine Attitudes and Beliefs
| Total Sample 140 (100%) |
Not up-to-date 41 (29%) |
Up-to-date 99 (71%) |
p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I am concerned that children’s immune systems could be weakened by too many immunizations | <0.01 | |||
| Strongly Agree | 18 (13) | 11 (27) | 7 (7) | |
| Agree | 25 (17) | 15 (37) | 10 (10) | |
| Neither Agree nor Disagree | 34 (24) | 9 (22) | 25 (25) | |
| Disagree | 25 (18) | 2 (5) | 23 (23) | |
| Strongly Disagree | 19 (14) | 3 (7) | 16 (16) | |
| Don’t Know/ Did Not Answer | 19 (14) | 1 (2) | 18 (19) | |
| Immunization requirements protect children from getting diseases from unimmunized children | <0.01 | |||
| Strongly Agree | 22 (16) | 1 (2) | 21 (21) | |
| Agree | 41 (29) | 6 (15) | 35 (36) | |
| Neither Agree nor Disagree | 25 (18) | 9 (22) | 16 (16) | |
| Disagree | 13 (9) | 10 (24) | 3 (3) | |
| Strongly Disagree | 19 (14) | 13 (32) | 6 (6) | |
| Don’t Know/ Did Not Answer | 20 (14) | 2 (5) | 18 (18) | |
| Parents should be allowed to send their children to school even if not | <0.01 | |||
| vaccinated | ||||
| Strongly Agree | 22 (16) | 14 (34) | 8 (8) | |
| Agree | 38 (27) | 15 (37) | 23 (23) | |
| Neither Agree nor Disagree | 21 (15) | 4 (10) | 17 (17) | |
| Disagree | 32 (23) | 3 (7) | 29 (30) | |
| Strongly Disagree | 11 (8) | 2 (5) | 9 (9) | |
| Don’t Know/ Did Not Answer | 16 (11) | 3 (7) | 13 (13) | |
| I am concerned that the CDC/ACIP underestimates the frequency of | <0.01 | |||
| side effects | ||||
| Strongly Agree | 37 (26) | 19 (46) | 18 (18) | |
| Agree | 33 (24) | 11 (27) | 22 (22) | |
| Neither Agree nor Disagree | 30 (21) | 2 (5) | 28 (29) | |
| Disagree | 8 (6) | 1 (2) | 7 (7) | |
| Strongly Disagree | 8 (6) | 4 (10) | 4 (4) | |
| Don’t Know/ Did Not Answer | 24 (17) | 4 (10) | 20 (20) | |
| Parental Attitudes about Childhood Vaccines (PACV) | <0.01 | |||
| Low (0–4) | 62 (44) | 5 (12) | 57 (58) | |
| Medium (5–6) | 21 (15) | 6 (15) | 15 (15) | |
| High (7–10) | 57 (41) | 30 (73) | 27 (27) |