Table 6.
Reasons given by mothers of children not vaccinated or not fully vaccinated (among those who gave a reason)a.
| Weighted percent (number) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Khairpur | Haripur | Khanewal | Sialkot | |||||
| Main reason why child not vaccinated / not fully vaccinated | Urban | Rural | Urban | Rural | Urban | Rural | Urban | Rural |
| "Carelessness" on part of mother or other family members | 19 (56) | 7 (143) | 15 (2) | 27 (126) | 17 (27) | 9 (95) | 51 (29) | 36 (125) |
| Lack of time / no one to take child for vaccinations | 8 (23) | 5 (98) | 8 (1) | 10 (45) | 9 (11) | 7 (74) | 12 (7) | 12 (37) |
| Vaccination would harm the child | 16 (42) | 3 (54) | 15 (2) | 11 (50) | 12 (17) | 8 (85) | 14 (8) | 13 (43) |
| Lack of awareness about vaccinations or vaccines schedule | 8 (21) | 4 (81) | 31 (4) | 11 (55) | 11 (14) | 11 (110) | 4 (2) | 6 (20) |
| Access problems / no nearby facility / no visit of team | 33 (95) | 68 (1412) | 18 (95) | 35 (59) | 56 (622) | 9 (5) | 22 (73) | |
| Don't believe in vaccination / it's useless / not our tradition | 11 (33) | 5 (99) | 31 (4) | 12 (61) | 15 (19) | 7 (78) | 8 (5) | 5 (16) |
| Family members do not allow child to be vaccinated | 2 (7) | 1 (23) | 9 (38) | 1 (2) | 1 (8) | 2 (1) | 4 (12) | |
| Cannot afford vaccination / too poor to vaccinate | 2 (6) | 8 (167) | 2 (11) | 2 (16) | 2 (8) | |||
| Total | 100 (283) | 100 (2077) | 100 (13) | 100 (481) | 100 (149) | 100 (1088) | 100 (57) | 100 (334) |
aThis was an open-ended question. We coded the responses given by mothers and subsequently further grouped together similar responses.