Coverage and parental perceptions of influenza vaccination among parents of children aged 6 to 23 months in Hong Kong

Table 4 Prevalence of fully vaccinated with influenza vaccine (IV) among children aged 6-23 months who ever had received IV (N = 36)

	n	%^#
The last episode of IV was:
a). The first shot in life
No follow-on second dose received	12^a	33.3
Follow-on second dose received	0	0
b). Not the first shot in life
Being the second dose	24^b	66.7
Not being the second dose	0	0
The most important reason for not having the second dose of IV ^c
Did not realize a second dose of IV was required	4	33.3
Out of stock	2	16.7
Sick	2	16.7
Others	4	33.3

^#Valid percentages were reported (i.e. missing values were not included in the denominator) and the frequencies therefore may not sum up to the total.
^aAll 12 children received the last IV in the 2005/06 flu season except one.
^bAll 24 children received the last IV in the 2005/06 flu season except one.
^cAmong those who received the first IV shot in life but not the follow-on second dose (N = 12).

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