Table 2.
Reasons reported for not receiving influenza and Tdap vaccinations: frequency of adherence to responses and significance level in the test for the difference in the proportions
| Influenza (total 237)a |
Tdap (total 210)a |
Statistical significance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| I did not know about the possibility of receiving vaccination | 48.9% (116) | 69.5% (146) | p < .001 |
| I do not think vaccination is necessary | 28.3% (67) | 10.5% (22) | p < .001 |
| No time | 8.0% (19) | 2.9% (6) | p < .05 |
| I doubt vaccination safety | 5.1% (12) | 2.4% (5) | n.s. |
| I am concerned about vaccination costs | 0.0% | 0.0% | - |
aThe column totals are different between the two vaccination questions due to missing data.