Table 3.

The reasons for vaccine hesitancy in vaccine-hesitant families according to FHPs’ statements (n = 482)

Causes	Number	(%)*
Vaccine mistrust	353	73.2
The belief that they may be harmful to children	283	58.7
The belief that vaccines may cause autism	268	55.6
Being affected by information pollution in media/communication tools	194	40.2
Religious causes	189	39.2
The belief that vaccines have serious side effects	176	36.5
Being influenced by social media	172	35.7
The belief that the companies are malevolent because they generate huge revenues	143	29.7
The belief that vaccines cause infertility	140	29.0
The belief that complementary and alternative medicine are more effective and have less side effects	66	13.7
Being influenced by famous people’s anti-vaccination discourse	109	22.6
Vaccines are not useful	70	14.5
Refusing to vaccinate due to the complication of the previous vaccination	63	13.1
The belief that the children should gain natural immunity against diseases such as chickenpox and measles.	46	9.5
The belief that children are not in the risk group that needs to be vaccinated	33	6.8
The belief that children are not infected with vaccine-preventable disease	28	5.8
The belief that vaccines cause homosexuality	26	5.4
Vaccine-preventable diseases are insignificant	12	2.5
No idea	14	2.9

*Multiple options could be selected by FHPs.