Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of women participating in the cross-sectional survey (N = 134)
From: Parental concerns and uptake of childhood vaccines in rural Tanzania – a mixed methods study
Characteristic | Response categories | All participants N or mean % or (sd) | Urban participants N or mean % or (sd) | Rural participants N or mean % or (sd) | Significance | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N = 134 | N = 42 | N = 92 | ||||||
Age | (in years) | 26.5 | (6.9) | 25.0 | (5.0) | 27.2 | (7.6) | |
Education | None | 37 | 27.6 | 5 | 11.9 | 32 | 34.8 | *** |
Some primary school | 12 | 9.0 | 1 | 2.4 | 11 | 12.0 | ||
Primary school completed | 58 | 43.3 | 19 | 45.2 | 39 | 42.4 | ||
Secondary school | 27 | 20.1 | 17 | 40.5 | 10 | 10.9 | ||
Marital status | Married | 84 | 62.7 | 29 | 69.0 | 55 | 59.8 | ns |
Divorced / separated / widowed | 30 | 22.4 | 6 | 14.3 | 24 | 26.1 | ||
Never married | 20 | 14.9 | 7 | 16.7 | 13 | 14.1 | ||
Parity | Any prior children | 77 | 57.5 | 19 | 45.2 | 58 | 63.0 | ns |
No prior children | 57 | 42.5 | 23 | 54.8 | 34 | 37.0 | ||
Literacy | Unable to read and write whole sentence | 52 | 38.8 | 6 | 14.3 | 46 | 50.0 | *** |
Able to read and write whole sentence | 82 | 61.2 | 36 | 85.7 | 46 | 50.0 | ||
Media exposure | Watches television almost every day | 103 | 76.9 | 19 | 45.2 | 84 | 91.3 | *** |
Watches television weekly or less | 31 | 23.1 | 23 | 54.8 | 8 | 8.7 | ||
Household assets | Number of assets (0-10) | 2.7 | (2.5) | 4.7 | (2.7) | 1.8 | (1.8) | *** |
Walking time to dispensary | <15 minutes | 81 | 60.4 | 32 | 76.2 | 49 | 53.3 | ** |
15-29 minutes | 27 | 20.1 | 8 | 19.0 | 19 | 20.7 | ||
30+ minutes | 26 | 19.4 | 2 | 4.8 | 24 | 26.1 | ||