Table 2.
Parents attitudes towards vaccination for their children (N = 532).
| Statement | SA | A | N | D | SD | RI | Rank | p-value* | p-value** |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Routine vaccination is the best way to prevent disease spread? | 272 (51.5%) | 208 (39.1%) | 38 (7.1%) | 2 (0.4%) | 10 (1.9%) | 0.87 | 3 | 0.000 | 0.54 |
| The vaccines that are recommended by my child's health care provider are safe? | 238 (44.8%) | 228 (42.9%) | 54 (10.2%) | 9 (1.7%) | 0 | 0.86 | 4 | 0.000 | 0.09 |
| Immunization is important to keep my children healthy? | 300 (56.4) | 206 (38.7%) | 26 (4.9%) | 0 | 0 | 0.93 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.04 |
| Getting my child vaccinated is the right thing to do? | 326 (61.3%) | 189 (35.5%) | 15 (2.8%) | 1 (0.2%) | 1 (0.2%) | 0.91 | 2 | 0.000 | 0.21 |
SA = Strongly Approve, A = Approve, N = Neutral, D = Disapprove, SD = Strongly Disapprove. RI = Relative index.
Kruskul wallis test was applied, ¶ p-value<0.05 was considered statistically significant. *Grouping variable Parents education, **Grouping variable Parents age