Table 2 Responses (%) to Survey (N = 1057)

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