Table 3.
Survey questions to assess individual and group influences of vaccine hesitancy.
| Participants Characteristics |
Overall N = 2030 |
Western Region N = 387 |
Central Region N = 388 |
Eastern Region N = 478 |
Northern Region N = 394 |
Southern Region N = 383 |
p-Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. Effects of personal perception of a vaccine or social/peer environment effects | |||||||
| Can you tell me what the vaccine function is for the body? | 0.6 | ||||||
| I Know | 1293 (64%) | 245 (63%) | 256 (66%) | 292 (61%) | 256 (65%) | 244 (64%) | |
| I Don’t Know | 737 (36%) | 142 (37%) | 132 (34%) | 186 (39%) | 138 (35%) | 139 (36%) | |
| It is better for my child to develop his immunity by contracting the disease rather than receiving a dose. | 0.027 | ||||||
| Agree | 633 (31%) | 125 (32%) | 111 (29%) | 127 (27%) | 134 (34%) | 136 (36%) | |
| Disagree | 1397 (69%) | 262 (68%) | 277 (71%) | 351 (73%) | 260 (66%) | 247 (64%) | |
| Do you think there are other better ways to prevent vaccine-preventable diseases? | 0.022 | ||||||
| Yes | 852 (42%) | 169 (44%) | 153 (39%) | 176 (37%) | 185 (47%) | 169 (44%) | |
| No | 1178 (58%) | 218 (56%) | 235 (61%) | 302 (63%) | 209 (53%) | 214 (56%) | |
| Do you think babies should get dosing at a very young age? | 0.7 | ||||||
| Yes | 869 (43%) | 174 (45%) | 157 (40%) | 207 (43%) | 164 (42%) | 167 (44%) | |
| No | 1161 (57%) | 213 (55%) | 231 (60%) | 271 (57%) | 230 (58%) | 216 (56%) | |
| B. Knowledge/Awareness | |||||||
| Do you know which vaccines you should take as well as your children? | 0.2 | ||||||
| Yes | 1584 (78%) | 291 (75%) | 299 (77%) | 375 (78%) | 323 (82%) | 296 (77%) | |
| No | 446 (22%) | 96 (25%) | 89 (23%) | 103 (22%) | 71 (18%) | 87 (23%) | |
| Do health professional/health workers provide all the information needed to respond to inquiries about vaccination? | 0.4 | ||||||
| Yes | 1686 (83%) | 311 (80%) | 327 (84%) | 405 (85%) | 331 (84%) | 312 (81%) | |
| No | 344 (17%) | 76 (20%) | 61 (16%) | 73 (15%) | 63 (16%) | 71 (19%) | |
| Do you trust the information you receive about vaccination/dosing? | 0.6 | ||||||
| Yes | 1814 (89%) | 342 (88%) | 343 (88%) | 429 (90%) | 350 (89%) | 350 (91%) | |
| No | 216 (11%) | 45 (12%) | 45 (12%) | 49 (10%) | 44 (11%) | 33 (8.6%) | |
| C. Risks/benefits (tangible, evidentiary) | |||||||
| How worried are you about the possibility that any of your childhood doses may not be safe? | <0.001 | ||||||
| Very Worried | 256 (13%) | 53 (14%) | 33 (8.5%) | 48 (10%) | 52 (13%) | 70 (18%) | |
| A Bit Worried | 867 (43%) | 146 (38%) | 173 (45%) | 202 (42%) | 177 (45%) | 169 (44%) | |
| Not Worried | 657 (32%) | 139 (36%) | 112 (29%) | 179 (37%) | 120 (30%) | 107 (28%) | |
| Not Worried at All | 250 (12%) | 49 (13%) | 70 (18%) | 49 (10%) | 45 (11%) | 37 (9.7%) | |
| Do you think vaccines are still needed even if the disease no longer prevails? | 0.8 | ||||||
| Yes | 1340 (66%) | 255 (66%) | 250 (64%) | 325 (68%) | 255 (65%) | 255 (67%) | |
| No | 690 (34%) | 132 (34%) | 138 (36%) | 153 (32%) | 139 (35%) | 128 (33%) | |
|
How worried are you that your child may have a serious side effect
from taking a dose? |
0.7 | ||||||
| Very Worried | 605 (30%) | 107 (28%) | 117 (30%) | 134 (28%) | 124 (31%) | 123 (32%) | |
| A Bit Worried | 794 (39%) | 154 (40%) | 156 (40%) | 180 (38%) | 150 (38%) | 154 (40%) | |
| Not Worried | 503 (25%) | 102 (26%) | 87 (22%) | 135 (28%) | 97 (25%) | 82 (21%) | |
| Not Worried at All | 128 (6.3%) | 24 (6.2%) | 28 (7.2%) | 29 (6.1%) | 23 (5.8%) | 24 (6.3%) | |
| How worried are you that a dose may not be able to prevent the disease? | 0.012 | ||||||
| Very Worried | 374 (18%) | 68 (18%) | 66 (17%) | 88 (18%) | 68 (17%) | 84 (22%) | |
| A Bit Worried | 866 (43%) | 187 (48%) | 175 (45%) | 184 (38%) | 162 (41%) | 158 (41%) | |
| Not Worried | 660 (33%) | 113 (29%) | 112 (29%) | 180 (38%) | 142 (36%) | 113 (30%) | |
| Not Worried at All | 130 (6.4%) | 19 (4.9%) | 35 (9.0%) | 26 (5.4%) | 22 (5.6%) | 28 (7.3%) | |
| D. Vaccination as a social custom compared to not needing it/harm | |||||||
| I agree that it is important for everyone that they and their children receive the recommended vaccines. | <0.001 | ||||||
| Agree | 1817 (90%) | 350 (90%) | 362 (93%) | 440 (92%) | 336 (85%) | 329 (86%) | |
| Disagree | 213 (10%) | 37 (9.6%) | 26 (6.7%) | 38 (7.9%) | 58 (15%) | 54 (14%) | |
| Have mothers/fathers in your community/circle of friends vaccinated their children with all the recommended vaccines? | 0.2 | ||||||
| Yes | 1747 (86%) | 331 (86%) | 342 (88%) | 419 (88%) | 338 (86%) | 317 (83%) | |
| No | 283 (14%) | 56 (14%) | 46 (12%) | 59 (12%) | 56 (14%) | 66 (17%) | |
| Have you vaccinated your child? | 0.15 | ||||||
| Yes | 1671 (82%) | 309 (80%) | 313 (81%) | 411 (86%) | 324 (82%) | 314 (82%) | |
| No | 359 (18%) | 78 (20%) | 75 (19%) | 67 (14%) | 70 (18%) | 69 (18%) | |
| Do you think that if you vaccinate your child, you protect others as well? | 0.5 | ||||||
| Yes | 1753 (86%) | 330 (85%) | 338 (87%) | 417 (87%) | 346 (88%) | 322 (84%) | |
| No | 277 (14%) | 57 (15%) | 50 (13%) | 61 (13%) | 48 (12%) | 61 (16%) | |
| Are you concerned that some mothers in your community are postponing or rejecting vaccines, putting your baby at risk of developing these diseases, such as whooping cough? | 0.8 | ||||||
| Yes | 1713 (84%) | 328 (85%) | 329 (85%) | 407 (85%) | 325 (82%) | 324 (85%) | |
| No | 317 (16%) | 59 (15%) | 59 (15%) | 71 (15%) | 69 (18%) | 59 (15%) | |
| n (%) | |||||||
| Median (IQR) or frequency (%) | |||||||
| Pearson’s Chi-squared test; Fisher’s exact test | |||||||