Table 2. Reasons for Child Having Complete, Partial, and No Immunizations, Compiled From Focus Group Discussions.
Sociocultural Factors | Fully Immunized | Partially Immunized | Not Immunized |
Understand the benefits | ✓ | ✓ | |
Motivated | ✓ | ||
Collaboration with husband | ✓ | ||
Conflicting priorities (working parents) | ✓ | ||
Afraid, shy | ✓ | ||
Misunderstood schedule and came late | ✓ | ||
Children got ill | ✓ | ||
Raining and distance | ✓ | ||
Bad experiencesa | ✓ | ✓ | |
Perception that child is too weak for vaccination | ✓ | ||
False beliefs that vaccination does not prevent diseases | ✓ | ||
Lost health card or no card | ✓ | ||
Lack of interest or motivation | ✓ | ||
Delivered at home | ✓ |
Includes fear of provider or of interrogation, adverse events, unavailable vaccine, and miscellaneous reasons.