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Responses (%) to Survey (N = 1057) |
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| Strongly agree |
Agree |
Neither agree nor disagree |
Disagree |
Strongly disagree |
Don't know enough to comment |
Refused |
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| Q1: The vaccines available are very carefully and consistently tested for safety |
16.8 |
50.3 |
4.5 |
4.4 |
0.9 |
22.9 |
0 |
| Q2: The safeguards used in making vaccines are slack and ineffective |
2.6 |
7.9 |
4.8 |
33.5 |
10.6 |
40.4 |
0.2 |
| Q3: Vaccines are amongst the most effective and least costly forms ofmedical treatment ever created |
17.2 |
41.5 |
4.5 |
8.6 |
1.1 |
26.6 |
0.4 |
| Q4: I don't really know what a vaccine is and how it works |
2.6 |
19.4 |
3.2 |
43.8 |
23.8 |
6.9 |
0.2 |
| Q5: A vaccine is a medical treatment in which dangerous viruses and bacteria are killed or modified and then put into your body |
12.6 |
45.3 |
3.4 |
9.7 |
2.2 |
26.6 |
0.2 |
| Q6: The reason vaccines are given regularly to children is that they result in lifelong protection from several serious diseases |
34.9 |
48.9 |
3.3 |
5.3 |
1.2 |
6.3 |
0 |
| Q7: A vaccine can give you a serious case of the very same disease you're trying to avoid |
4.9 |
24.7 |
7.4 |
31.0 |
8.6 |
23.2 |
0.2 |
| Q8: The government should invest more money in the development of vaccines for serious diseases like AIDS, Hepatitis, and Cancer |
46.8 |
40.0 |
2.6 |
4.5 |
1.0 |
4.8 |
0.2 |
| Q9: The idea of taking a newly developed vaccine, even if it has been carefully safety tested, makes me very anxious |
8.8 |
33.8 |
8.2 |
30.7 |
8.8 |
9.5 |
0.3 |
| Q10: Vaccines have, over the years, produced many more health benefits than health troubles |
33.6 |
45.8 |
3.4 |
4.4 |
0.6 |
12.3 |
0 |
| Q11: An increasing number of people are becoming anti-vaccine oriented as more information about vaccines and how they are developed is available over the Internet |
5.7 |
27.1 |
8.8 |
16.0 |
2.8 |
39.3 |
0.4 |
| Q12: Those people who take anti-vaccine positions are highly prejudiced and ill-informed, scientifically |
10.2 |
28.3 |
7.7 |
21.9 |
6.0 |
25.4 |
0.7 |
| Q13: In view of the international situation and the risks of bioterrorism, I would readily take an anthrax vaccine |
20.2 |
45.2 |
4.5 |
15.8 |
2.9 |
10.9 |
0.5 |
| Q14: In view of the international situation and the risks of bioterrorism, I would readily take a smallpox vaccine |
15.5 |
35.1 |
7.4 |
21.3 |
6.1 |
14.2 |
0.4 |
| Q15: In view of the international situation and the risks of bioterrorism, I would readily take whatever vaccine was promoted by the national government and its medical advisors |
15.2 |
40.6 |
9.6 |
20.5 |
4.5 |
9.2 |
0.4 |
| Q16: I intend to take an influenza vaccine this year, or I have already done so |
21.3 |
24.3 |
4.3 |
34.2 |
11.4 |
4.0 |
0.6 |
| Q17: If it were available, I would readily take a vaccine to prevent HIV-AIDS |
31.6 |
5.6 |
5.2 |
15.6 |
4.8 |
6.6 |
0.6 |
| Q18: If it were available, I would readily take a vaccine to prevent Hepatitis C |
26.2 |
46.4 |
5.5 |
9.2 |
1.9 |
10.6 |
0.3 |
| Q19: I have religious beliefs that prevent me from taking vaccines |
0.6 |
2.1 |
2.5 |
54.4 |
46.5 |
2.5 |
0.6 |
| Q20: I don't really know why I received vaccines as a child |
5.2 |
18.4 |
2.1 |
41.5 |
25.3 |
6.4 |
1.0 |
Ritvo et al. Journal of Immune Based Therapies and Vaccines 2003 1:3 doi:10.1186/1476-8518-1-3 |
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