Table 2 Association of mistrust regarding government vaccination recommendation and the studied variables in Japan (N=3140)
Male | Female | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mistrust | Trust | Mistrust | Trust | |||||
(n=464) | (n=1107) | (n=429) | (n=1140) | |||||
n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | |
Most trusted information source on vaccination | ||||||||
Health care workers | 138 | (20.8) | 527 | (79.2) | 126 | (17.5) | 594 | (82.5) |
Information from the government | 10 | (6.2) | 152 | (93.8) | 8 | (6.5) | 115 | (93.5) |
Family | 32 | (24.4) | 99 | (75.6) | 40 | (29.4) | 96 | (70.6) |
Friends | 10 | (45.5) | 12 | (54.5) | 10 | (35.7) | 18 | (64.3) |
Television | 27 | (30.3) | 62 | (69.7) | 15 | (16.5) | 76 | (83.5) |
Newspapers | 11 | (26.2) | 31 | (73.8) | 15 | (30.6) | 34 | (69.4) |
The Internet | 15 | (37.5) | 25 | (62.5) | 18 | (47.4) | 20 | (52.6) |
Books | 9 | (64.3) | 5 | (35.7) | 11 | (68.8) | 5 | (31.2) |
None of the above | 212 | (52.2) | 194 | (47.8) | 186 | (50.5) | 182 | (49.5) |
General health status | ||||||||
Good health | 100 | (25.9) | 286 | (74.1) | 109 | (22.3) | 379 | (77.7) |
Relatively good health | 248 | (28.3) | 627 | (71.7) | 229 | (27.0) | 620 | (73.0) |
Relatively poor health | 91 | (38.2) | 147 | (61.8) | 70 | (37.6) | 116 | (62.4) |
Poor health | 25 | (34.7) | 47 | (65.3) | 21 | (45.7) | 25 | (54.3) |
Smoking status | ||||||||
Never smoked | 212 | (29.8) | 500 | (70.2) | 302 | (26.1) | 855 | (73.9) |
Ex-Smoker | 117 | (27.4) | 310 | (72.6) | 71 | (27.8) | 184 | (72.2) |
Current smoker | 135 | (31.2) | 297 | (68.8) | 56 | (35.7) | 101 | (64.3) |