Table 5 Reasons for not having influenza vaccination (%)
Male | Female | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Choices | Total | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-59 | 60-69 | Total | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-59 | 60-69 |
(n = 1143) | (n = 197) | (n = 242) | (n = 231) | (n = 226) | (n = 247) | (n = 1113) | (n = 174) | (n = 231) | (n = 245) | (n = 213) | (n = 250) | |
No time to visit a medical institution. | 32.0 | 42.8 | 33.7 | 36.6 | 32.3 | 17.3 | 22.4 | 33.9 | 23.5 | 25.9 | 21.0 | 11.1 |
(29.3-34.7) | (35.9-49.7) | (27.7-39.7) | (30.4-42.8) | (26.2-38.4) | (12.6-22.0) | (20.0-24.8) | (26.9-40.9) | (18.0-29.0) | (20.4-31.4) | (15.5-26.5) | (7.2-15.0) | |
Believed oneself unlikely to be infected with influenza | 25.1 | 26.1 | 15.3 | 19.5 | 25.1 | 39.2 | 22.7 | 24.8 | 22.4 | 19.8 | 19.3 | 27.1 |
(22.6-27.6) | (20.0-32.2) | (10.8-19.8) | (14.4-24.6) | (19.4-30.8) | (33.1-45.3) | (20.2-25.2) | (18.4-31.2) | (17.0-27.8) | (14.8-24.8) | (14.0-24.6) | (21.6-32.6) | |
Could not afford vaccination. | 20.1 | 22.7 | 19.2 | 26.7 | 20.2 | 12.4 | 23.8 | 28.4 | 35.2 | 28.6 | 18.2 | 10.4 |
(17.8-22.4) | (16.9-28.5) | (14.2-24.2) | (21.0-32.4) | (15.0-25.4) | (8.3-16.5) | (21.3-26.3) | (21.7-35.1) | (29.0-41.4) | (22.9-34.3) | (13.0-23.4) | (6.6-14.2) | |
Lack of confidence that influenza vaccinations are effective | 19.0 | 7.5 | 20.0 | 21.4 | 18.9 | 24.9 | 22.2 | 10.5 | 20.4 | 23.3 | 22.0 | 31.0 |
(16.7-21.3) | (3.8-11.2) | (15.0-25.0) | (16.1-26.7) | (13.8-24.0) | (19.5-30.3) | (19.8-24.6) | (5.9-15.1) | (15.2-25.6) | (18.0-28.6) | (16.4-27.6) | (25.3-36.7) | |
Believed that disease would not likely become severe even if infected with influenza | 19.3 | 15.2 | 13.6 | 17.0 | 19.0 | 30.6 | 17.5 | 14.3 | 14.4 | 17.0 | 22.0 | 19.4 |
(17.0-21.6) | (10.2-20.2) | (9.3-17.9) | (12.2-21.8) | (13.9-24.1) | (24.9-36.3) | (15.3-19.7) | (9.1-19.5) | (9.9-18.9) | (12.3-21.7) | (16.4-27.6) | (14.5-24.3) | |
Concerned about adverse reactions that might occur with vaccinations | 12.3 | 10.1 | 11.6 | 12.3 | 11.6 | 15.6 | 18.0 | 8.7 | 11.9 | 15.5 | 22.7 | 28.5 |
(10.4-14.2) | (5.9-14.3) | (7.6-15.6) | (8.1-16.5) | (7.4-15.8) | (11.1-20.1) | (15.7-20.3) | (4.5-12.9) | (7.7-16.1) | (11.0-20.0) | (17.1-28.3) | (22.9-34.1) | |
Dislike of injections | 13.9 | 13.5 | 16.3 | 15.9 | 10.7 | 12.8 | 14.1 | 19.2 | 12.9 | 13.2 | 11.1 | 15.1 |
(11.9-15.9) | (8.7-18.3) | (11.6-21.0) | (11.2-20.6) | (6.7-14.7) | (8.6-17.0) | (12.1-16.1) | (13.3-25.1) | (8.6-17.2) | (9.0-17.4) | (6.9-15.3) | (10.7-19.5) | |
Lack of knowledge about where to be vaccinated | 6.1 | 9.1 | 6.5 | 3.3 | 5.6 | 6.6 | 3.4 | 8.0 | 5.2 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 2.1 |
(4.7-7.5) | (5.1-13.1) | (3.4-9.6) | (1.0-5.6) | (2.6-8.6) | (3.5-9.7) | (2.3-4.5) | (4.0-12.0) | (2.3-8.1) | (0.1-3.5) | (0.0-2.3) | (0.3-3.9) | |
Prior experience of an adverse reaction after being vaccinated for influenza or another disease | 2.1 | 1.4 | 2.6 | 1.7 | 3.1 | 1.7 | 3.6 | 2.0 | 3.2 | 5.1 | 3.5 | 3.9 |
(1.3-2.9) | (0.0-3.0) | (0.6-4.6) | (0.0-3.4) | (0.8-5.4) | (0.1-3.3) | (2.5-4.7) | (0.0-4.1) | (0.9-5.5) | (2.3-7.9) | (1.0-6.0) | (1.5-6.3) | |