Table 3.
Statement | N (%) | Parents age | Parents Education |
---|---|---|---|
Reported vaccination plans for youngest child | |||
Plan to get/have all recommended vaccines according to Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) of Pakistan | 325 (61.1%) | 0.001 | <0.001 |
Plan to get some recommended vaccines in addition to Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) | 136 (25.6%) | ||
Plan to get none of the recommended vaccines | 71 (13.3%) | ||
Do you know how to protect your child from influenza /flu? | |||
By using Paracetamol | 105 (19.7%) | 0.113 | <0.001 |
By using Antibiotics/medicines | 197 (37.0%) | ||
With the help of influenza vaccine | 86 (16.2%) | ||
No need of any remedy as it is not a serious disease | 144 (27.1%) | ||
Have your child ever received influenza / flu vaccine? | |||
Yes | 35 (6.6%) | 0.006 | <0.001 |
No | 153 (28.8%) | ||
Just completed EPI but no influenza vaccine | 187 (35.2%) | ||
Do not know | 157 (29.5%) |
Chi-square test was applied, ¶ p-value<0.05 was considered statistically significant.