Table 5.
Sources pregnant women and mothers of young children use to collect reliable information on COVID-19 and the COVID-19 vaccination by VL 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 | |
| Family, friends, colleagues | 418(84.8) | 406 (80.7) | 481(74.8) | <0.001 | 353(74.6) | 500(85.5) | 452(77.8) | <0.001 | 1337 (81.7) | 1499(81.8) | 1703(76.8) | <0.001 | 1489(76.5) | 1576(84.3) | 1474(78.7) | <0.001 |
| Doctors | 140(28.4) | 161 (32) | 212 (33) | 0.237 | 269(56.9) | 438(74.9) | 419(72.1) | <0.001 | 779 (47.6) | 891 (51.4) | 1126(50.7) (50.7) | 0.135 | 1122(57.7) | 1130(55.2) | 1105(53.8) | <0.001 |
| Experts | 280(56.8) | 326(64.8) | 341(53) | <0.001 | 203(42.9) | 276(64.3) | 368(63.3) | <0.001 | 895 (54.7) | 1059(57.8) | 1098(49.5) | <0.001 | 867(44.6) | 1119(59.9) | 1066(56.9) | <0.001 |
| Official websites (Government, academic) | 210(42.6) | 271(53.9) | 301(46.8) | 0.001 | 153(32.4) | 312(53.3) | 317(54.6) | 0.001 | 706(43.2) | 913(50) | 954(43) | <0.001 | 630(32.4) | 995(53.2) | 948(50.6) | <0.001 |
| Social media | 174(35.3) | 177(35.2) | 178(27.7) | 0.006 | 126(26.6) | 207(35.4) | 196(33.7) | 0.007 | 641(39.2) | 671(36.6) | 698(31.5) | <0.001 | 587(30.2) | 702(37.6) | 721(38.5) | <0.001 |
| Newspapers, books, magazines | 92(18.7) | 88(17.5) | 103(16.0) | 0.499 | 69(14.6) | 117(20) | 97(16.7) | 0.062 | 268(16.4) | 322(17.6) | 368(16.6) | 0.594 | 269(13.7) | 331(17.7) | 360(19.2) | <0.001 |
| TV, radio | 388(68.6) | 379(75.4) | 435(67.7) | 0.011 | 314(66.4) | 441(75.4) | 397(68.3) | 0.003 | 1176(71.9) | 1423(77.6) | 1569(70.7) | <0.001 | 1408(72.4) | 1446(77.4) | 1314(70.2) | <0.001 |
| Internet news | 280(56.8) | 331(65.8) | 351(54.6) | <0.001 | 261(55.2) | 374(63.9) | 327(56.3) | 0.005 | 1008(61.6) | 1185(64.7) | 1277(57.6) | <0.001 | 1148(59) | 1232(65.9) | 1090(58.2) | <0.001 |
| Celebrity | 79(16.0) | 70(13.9) | 69(10.7) | 0.030 | 44(9.3) | 101(17.3) | 73(12.6) | 0.001 | 267(16.3) | 247(13.5) | 11.5(11.5) | <0.001 | 227(11.7) | 297(15.9) | 245(13.1) | 0.001 |
| Did not use any of the above | 13(2.6) | 11(2.2) | 32(5.0) | 0.019 | 26(5.5) | 5(0.9) | 25(4.3) | <0.001 | 66(4.0) | 45(2.5) | 119(5.4) | <0.001 | 107(5.5) | 39(2.1) | 84(4.5) | <0.001 |