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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Dec 8.
Published in final edited form as: Vaccine. 2012 Mar 23;30(23):3445–3452. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2012.03.022

Table 3.

Perceived risks and adverse effects associated with vaccines.

N (%)
Agree or strongly agree that the benefits of vaccines outweigh the risks 470 (88.0%)
Agree or strongly agree that combination vaccines are safe 409 (77.0%)
Would split up vaccines so that some shots are given at an extra visit 140 (26.5%)
If yes:
 Because of concern for overloading child’s immune system 93 (66.4%)a
 Because of concern about safety of one or more components of vaccine 63 (45.0%)a
 Because of pain of multiple injections 61 (43.6%)a
 Other 9 (6.4%)a
Would not vaccinate the child they were thinking about in real life 19 (3.6%)
a

Frequencies do not add up to 100% because respondents could choose more than one answer.