Table 2 General vaccination knowledge of 838 pregnant women, Germany 2012

1

The additives used in vaccines are not dangerous for humans (true)

43.4

23.2

33.4

2

Diseases like autism, multiple sclerosis, and diabetes might be triggered by vaccinations (false)

58.2

7.5

34.3

3

Vaccinations increase the occurrence of allergies (false)

58.1

12.1

29.8

4

Vaccines are superfluous, as diseases can be treated, e.g. with antibiotics (false)

94.8

1.8

3.5

5

Without massive vaccination programs, smallpox would still exist (true)

81.0

4.4

14.6

6

The efficacy of vaccines has been proven (true)

87.7

4.5

7.8

7

Children would be more resistant if they were not always vaccinated against all diseases (false)

63.6

16.0

20.4

8

Many vaccinations are administered too early. As a result, the body’s own immune system has no possibility to develop by itself (false)

45.5

20.2

34.4

9

The immune system of children will not be overwhelmed by a high number of vaccines (true)

44.9

15.5

39.6