Table 4.
Reasons for vaccine hesitancy by functional VL skill level and interactive/critical VL skill level.
| Pregnant women |
Mothers of young children |
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| Functional VL level |
Interactive/critical VL level |
Functional VL level |
Interactive/critical VL level |
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| Low (n = 493) | Medium (n = 503) | High (n = 643) | Low (n = 473) | Medium (n = 585) | High (n = 581) | Low (n = 1636) | Medium (n = 1833) | High (n = 2219) | Low (n = 1946) | Medium (n = 1869) | High (n = 1873) | |||||
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | p-value | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | p-value | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | p-value | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | p-value | |
| I am worried about adverse reactions. | 234(47.5) | 200(39.8) | 264(41.1) | 0.029 | 243(51.4) | 252(43.1) | 203(34.9) | <0.001 | 570 (34.8) | 500 (27.3) | 575 (25.9) | <0.001 | 668(34.3) | 477(25.5) | 500(26.7) | <0.001 |
| I am concerned about the potential effects on my fetus. | 242(49.1) | 202(40.2) | 265(41.2) | 0.007 | 241(51) | 265(45.3) | 203(34.9) | <0.001 | 385(23.5) | 329(18) | 378(17) | <0.001 | – | – | – | – |
| I am concerned about the potential effects on lactation. | 198(40.2) | 153(30.4) | 220(34.2) | 0.005 | 194(41) | 216(36.9) | 161(27.7) | <0.001 | 231(14.1) | 170(9.3) | 197(8.9) | <0.001 | 418(21.5) | 333(17.8) | 341(18.2) | 0.007 |
| I do not think it is very effective in preventing infection. | 82(16.6) | 38(7.6) | 90(14) | <0.001 | 66(14) | 67(11.5) | 77(13.3) | 0.445 | 138(8.4) | 88(4.8) | 100(4.5) | <0.001 | 227(11.6) | 158(8.5) | 213(11.4) | 0.002 |
| I do not think it is very effective in preventing aggravation. | 46(9.3) | 22(4.4) | 58(9) | 0.004 | 39(8.3) | 38(6.5) | 49(8.4) | 0.4 | 422(25.8) | 331(18.1) | 356(16) | <0.001 | 131(6.7) | 76(4.1) | 119(6.4) | 0.001 |
| I do not trust the components of vaccines. | 156(31.6) | 126(25.1) | 172(26.8) | 0.053 | 149(31.5) | 159(27.2) | 146(25.1) | 0.067 | 45(2.8) | 34(1.8) | 44(2) | 0.147 | 440(22.6) | 326(17.4) | 343(18.3) | <0.001 |
| I do not think I will get infected. | 11(2.2) | 9(1.8) | 17(2.6) | 0.626 | 14(3) | 7(1.2) | 16(2.7) | 0.096 | 80(4.9) | 81(4.4) | 79(3.6) | 0.112 | 49(2.5) | 28(1.5) | 46(2.5) | 0.054 |
| I believe I have a low risk of getting seriously ill. | 20(4.1) | 17(3.4) | 27(4.2) | 0.76 | 29 (6.1) | 16 (2.7) | 19 (3.3) | 0.011 | 570(34.8) | 500(27.3) | 575(25.9) | <0.001 | 88(4.5) | 66(3.5) | 86(4.6) | 0.195 |
VL, vaccine literacy.