Table 4.
Reasons for a participant’s responding “No” or “Not sure” to the question about their intention to vaccinate their children.
| Reasons | Total N (%) |
|---|---|
| Concern about the vaccine | |
| The vaccine has not been adequately tested on children | 272 (89.8) |
| Vaccines cause autism | 40 (13.2) |
| I don’t think that I can afford the vaccine | 60 (19.8) |
| Vaccination may cause infected infectious diseases | 168 (55.4) |
| Need additional information | |
| I don’t want a vaccine I know nothing about. I’ll make my decision if/when one becomes available | 251 (82.8) |
| Attitudes | |
| I don’t think my child is at risk of contracting the virus | 131 (43.2) |
| I am scared to put a foreign object into my child’s body | 236 (77.9) |
| Lack of trust | |
| If government agencies recommend the vaccination, I will not give it to my child | 161 (53.1) |
| There is no way I trust big pharmaceutical companies | 161 (53.1) |
| I believe that this virus was developed by governments and I won’t give my children any vaccine | 134 (44.2) |