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. 2022 May 24;10:860809. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.860809

Table 4.

Frequency distribution of reasons unrelated to vaccine hesitancy given together with reasons related to vaccine hesitancy by the same respondents.

Vaccine hesitancy reasons by same respondents
Reasons unrelated to vaccine hesitancy Total n %
I am not aware of a HPV vaccination programme at school 173 41 23.7
I haven't had time to think about it yet 44 (a) 22 50.0
The nurses never came to the school to vaccinate the girls 41 22 53.7
My daughter was absent from school on vaccination day 29 (b) 15 51.7
My daughter was underage when vaccination was offered 9 2 22.2
My daughter has an illness that doesn't allow for vaccinations 8 3 37.5

Reasons in bold may be related to vaccine hesitancy (18, 19). Number of reasons recoded as (a) “postponing vaccination” and (b) “absent to avoid vaccination” respectively.