Table 2.
Vaccination beliefs and coverage for the countries studied
Effective | Safe | Important for children to have | Tuberculosis (BCG) | Diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (DTP1) | Measles (MCV1) | Percent of parents with any child that was ever vaccinated | |
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Burkina Faso | 87 | 72 | 95 | 98 | 95 | 88 | 97 |
Colombia | 83 | 84 | 99 | 89 | 92 | 95 | 95 |
India | 96 | 97 | 98 | 92 | 94 | 95 | 92 |
Mozambique | 87 | 93 | 98 | 94 | 93 | 87 | 95 |
Nepal | 89 | 93 | 99 | 96 | 96 | 92 | 95 |
Nigeria | 82 | 92 | 96 | 67 | 65 | 54 | 95 |
Pakistan | 91 | 92 | 95 | 88 | 86 | 75 | 94 |
Rwanda | 99 | 97 | 99 | 98 | 99 | 96 | 100 |
Sierra Leone | 95 | 95 | 99 | 86 | 95 | 93 | 97 |
Uganda | 82 | 87 | 98 | 88 | 99 | 87 | 98 |
Russia | 67 | 48 | 80 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 96 |
United States | 85 | 73 | 87 | – | 97 | 90 | 95 |
The table presents an overview of vaccination beliefs and incidence across countries in our sample. Columns 2–4 and 8 use data from the Wellcome Global Monitor 201814. Column 8 shows the percentage of respondents who are parents and report having had any of their children ever vaccinated. Columns 2–4 show the percentage of all respondents that either strongly agree or somewhat agree with the statement above each column. All percentages are obtained using national weights. Columns 5–7 use data from the World Health Organization on vaccine incidence15. Columns 5–7 report the percentage of infants per country receiving the vaccine indicated in each column.