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. 2020 Feb 21;16(10):2438–2448. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2020.1723365

Table 3.

Correlation between fear and knowledge

  Correct Answers
  # Vaccine Types
# Clinic Visits for vaccination
  (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
Fear of needles 0.429*       0.435***       0.446**
  [0.174,1.057]       [0.241,0.785]       [0.234,0.849]
Fear of side effects   0.547       0.573*      
    [0.234,1.281]       [0.327,1.004]      
Fear that vaccine has no benefit     0.769       0.537*    
      [0.320,1.849]       [0.283,1.022]    
Fear that vaccine does harm       1.016       0.594  
        [0.438,2.357]       [0.311,1.133]  
Age (control: 20 or below)                  
 21–25 1.046 1.086 1.091 1.095 1.427 1.480 1.471 1.426 0.888
  [0.493,2.222] [0.513,2.298] [0.516,2.305] [0.517,2.319] [0.810,2.516] [0.843,2.598] [0.838,2.582] [0.812,2.504] [0.438,1.803]
 26–30 1.245 1.243 1.333 1.297 1.897* 1.842* 2.061** 1.992** 1.033
  [0.538,2.880] [0.541,2.858] [0.578,3.071] [0.564,2.985] [0.999,3.602] [0.975,3.480] [1.086,3.913] [1.054,3.767] [0.470,2.271]
 31–35 0.460 0.486 0.496 0.482 0.843 0.914 0.950 0.905 0.618
  [0.141,1.501] [0.148,1.595] [0.151,1.633] [0.147,1.583] [0.404,1.761] [0.439,1.904] [0.455,1.983] [0.436,1.882] [0.266,1.433]
 36 or above 0.902 1.005 1.014 1.013 1.316 1.400 1.437 1.434 0.786
  [0.268,3.035] [0.300,3.364] [0.301,3.410] [0.302,3.403] [0.581,2.979] [0.620,3.161] [0.635,3.248] [0.636,3.232] [0.307,2.008]
Education (control: none)                  
 Some primary 0.460* 0.465* 0.466* 0.471* 1.866** 1.854** 1.814** 1.856** 2.929***
  [0.200,1.056] [0.203,1.066] [0.203,1.067] [0.206,1.079] [1.066,3.265] [1.064,3.232] [1.041,3.159] [1.067,3.230] [1.347,6.369]
 Secondary and higher 0.688 0.695 0.707 0.708 1.509 1.516* 1.525* 1.540* 1.779*
  [0.359,1.319] [0.364,1.327] [0.371,1.347] [0.372,1.348] [0.920,2.475] [0.927,2.480] [0.932,2.497] [0.942,2.519] [0.950,3.328]
Number of children 1.000 0.993 0.988 0.986 1.087 1.084 1.082 1.076 0.878*
  [0.856,1.168] [0.852,1.157] [0.847,1.152] [0.845,1.150] [0.971,1.216] [0.969,1.212] [0.968,1.210] [0.962,1.203] [0.769,1.002]
Number of children under 5 1.381 1.368 1.388 1.403 0.617** 0.611** 0.617** 0.621** 3.059***
  [0.829,2.300] [0.821,2.282] [0.833,2.312] [0.842,2.336] [0.397,0.958] [0.394,0.949] [0.398,0.956] [0.401,0.962] [1.473,6.353]
Has Paid work 0.711 0.712 0.716 0.726 0.843 0.852 0.846 0.862 1.734*
  [0.393,1.286] [0.394,1.287] [0.397,1.291] [0.403,1.307] [0.544,1.304] [0.552,1.316] [0.548,1.307] [0.559,1.328] [0.996,3.020]
Child vaccination in the past 5 years 0.706 0.679 0.690 0.694 1.270 1.212 1.207 1.238 2.424
  [0.278,1.791] [0.269,1.714] [0.274,1.735] [0.276,1.747] [0.617,2.612] [0.592,2.478] [0.589,2.471] [0.606,2.531] [0.619,9.496]
N 382 382 382 382 384 384 384 384 391
  Correct Answers
  The first vaccine timing
Measles vaccine timing
  (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16)
Fear of needles       0.303***      
        [0.168,0.547]      
Fear of side effects 0.323***       0.513**    
  [0.177,0.589]       [0.296,0.889]    
Fear that vaccine has no benefit   0.374***       0.983  
    [0.191,0.733]       [0.521,1.855]  
Fear that vaccine does harm     0.361***       0.720
      [0.181,0.722]       [0.380,1.364]
Age (control: 20 or below)              
 21–25 0.920 0.915 0.833 1.080 1.130 1.129 1.102
  [0.450,1.882] [0.451,1.856] [0.407,1.704] [0.608,1.916] [0.642,1.987] [0.645,1.979] [0.627,1.935]
 26–30 0.932 1.208 1.152 1.912* 1.834* 1.936** 1.990**
  [0.417,2.082] [0.540,2.700] [0.517,2.568] [0.984,3.713] [0.954,3.528] [1.009,3.713] [1.037,3.819]
 31–35 0.675 0.719 0.657 0.944 1.063 1.061 1.058
  [0.287,1.584] [0.310,1.668] [0.284,1.520] [0.448,1.989] [0.510,2.215] [0.511,2.203] [0.510,2.195]
 36 or above 0.866 0.911 0.892 0.697 0.770 0.783 0.795
  [0.332,2.259] [0.356,2.328] [0.350,2.278] [0.303,1.604] [0.338,1.756] [0.346,1.775] [0.350,1.804]
Education (control: none)              
 Some primary 2.852*** 2.800*** 2.948*** 1.838** 1.826** 1.834** 1.844**
  [1.307,6.224] [1.283,6.111] [1.348,6.444] [1.022,3.305] [1.026,3.252] [1.037,3.244] [1.042,3.264]
 Secondary and higher 1.771* 1.814* 1.840* 2.155*** 2.166*** 2.190*** 2.207***
  [0.937,3.348] [0.966,3.407] [0.978,3.463] [1.291,3.599] [1.304,3.595] [1.323,3.625] [1.332,3.659]
Number of children 0.870** 0.872** 0.861** 1.129** 1.121* 1.112* 1.110*
  [0.760,0.997] [0.763,0.997] [0.753,0.984] [1.003,1.271] [0.997,1.261] [0.991,1.249] [0.988,1.246]
Number of children under 5 2.921*** 2.841*** 2.905*** 0.684* 0.683* 0.711 0.705
  [1.408,6.057] [1.391,5.801] [1.428,5.911] [0.439,1.067] [0.440,1.059] [0.460,1.098] [0.457,1.090]
Has Paid work 1.755** 1.722* 1.762** 1.231 1.241 1.260 1.253
  [1.000,3.079] [0.986,3.006] [1.010,3.074] [0.785,1.932] [0.797,1.932] [0.811,1.959] [0.807,1.946]
Child vaccination in the past 5 years 2.280 2.312 2.381 1.084 0.992 1.005 1.005
  [0.578,8.995] [0.589,9.078] [0.606,9.354] [0.517,2.275] [0.479,2.054] [0.487,2.075] [0.487,2.074]
N 391 391 391 380 380 380 380

The analysis sample is caregivers who have a child of 8 months old and younger and have no missing information on covariates. The result is based on the logistic regression. * significant at 10% ** significant at 5% *** significant at 1%.