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From: Factors influencing adults’ immunization practices: a pilot survey study of a diverse, urban community in central Ohio

Fig. 1

Factors somewhat or very likely to affect participants’ decision to receive a vaccine. Other factors measured include: Dislike/fear of needles (30 %), Belief that getting the disease will give me better immunity (27 %), Belief that I am healthy and do not need vaccines (27 %), Preference for alternative medicines (27 %). Note: not all categories add to total sample size owing to missing data, which ranged from 13 on “Religious beliefs” to 5 on “Worry about other ingredients in vaccines” and “Belief that getting the disease is better”

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