Table 4.
Decision-makers and external influencers related to child vaccination and willingness to accept malaria vaccine.
| Willingness of care-givers to accept malaria vaccine | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Decision-making as related to child vaccination | Yes (%) | No (%) | Total (%) | Χ2 | p-value |
| Husband (father) | |||||
| Yes | 266 (90.5) | 28 (9.5) | 294 (100) | 8.331 | 0.004* |
| No | 107 (80.5) | 26 (19.5) | 133 (100) | ||
| Wife (mother) | |||||
| Yes | 328 (90.1) | 36 (9.9) | 364 (100) | 16.966 | <0.0001* |
| No | 45 (71.4) | 18 (28.6) | 63 (100) | ||
| External influencers related to child vaccination Religious leaders | |||||
| Yes | 49 (96.1) | 2 (3.9) | 51 (100) | 3.991 | 0.046* |
| No | 324 (86.2) | 52 (13.8) | 376 (100) | ||
| Extended family members | |||||
| Yes | 50 (94.3) | 3 (5.7) | 53 (100) | 2.673 | 0.102 |
| No | 323 (86.4) | 51 (13.6) | 374 (100) | ||
| Health workers at the community level | |||||
| Yes | 312 (92.6) | 25 (7.4) | 337 (100) | 39.55 | <0.0001* |
| No | 61 (67.8) | 29 (32.2) | 90 (100) | ||
| Mass media | |||||
| Yes | 176 (92.1) | 15 (7.9) | 191 (100) | 7.186 | 0.007* |
| No | 197 (83.5) | 39 (16.5) | 236 (100) | ||
* Significant at p<0.05