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Table 3 Reasons for not vaccinating children (n = 347)

From: Determinants of self-paid rotavirus vaccination status in Kanazawa, Japan, including socioeconomic factors, parents’ perception, and children’s characteristics

Rotavirus vaccine is not included national immunization program

129

(37.3%)

Parents have to pay up to \30,000 (approximately US $300) for uptake

105

(30.4%)

Suspicious about the vaccine’s effectiveness

20

(5.8%)

Worry about adverse reactions

15

(4.3%)

Nobody recommended

14

(4.1%)

Missed the opportunity

11

(3.2%)

I don’t think that RVGE is serious

11

(3.2%)

I did not know about the rotavirus vaccine

8

(2.3%)

Rotavirus vaccine is not necessary, because our child does not use daycare.

6

(1.7%)

Others

28

(8.1%)

  1. RVGE rotavirus gastroenteritis