Factors Affecting Intention among Students to Be Vaccinated against A/H1N1 Influenza: A Health Belief Model Approach

Table 3

Main reasons for intention to get or refuse the swine flu shot.

(a) Reasons for intention to get the swine flu shot (𝑁=183)

Reasons for getting flu shot*	Number of respondents selecting response	% of respondents selecting response
To reduce my chances of contracting swine flu	108	59
I have a chronic illness	75	41
Not to transfer the illness to other people	60	33
The swine flu shot was free of charge	21	11
I do not want to miss any work because of swine flu	16	9

(b) Reasons for intention to reject the swine flu shot* (𝑁=303)

Reasons for rejecting flu shot*	Number of respondents selecting response	% of respondents selecting response
Not enough knowledge about the vaccine safety	199	66
The vaccine is not effective	81	27
The vaccine is not good for health	76	25
Do not like injections	67	22
Potential side effect	67	22
I do not suffer from chronic illness	66	22
There are better ways	63	21

*Respondents could select more than one reason.