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Table 2 Correlates of vaccine hesitancy among 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 category

Rural vs. urban

Information model

Access model

Full model

Place of residence

Rural (vs. urban)

2.44*** (0.54)

1.16 (0.71)

1.79 (0.85)

1.45 (0.74)

Mother's age

(in years)

   

-0.07 (0.07)

Education

Some primary school (vs. no schooling)

 

-0.47 (1.04)

 

-1.10 (1.37)

Primary school completed

 

1.35 (1.39)

 

1.00 (1.73)

Secondary school

 

0.91 (1.54)

 

0.43 (1.87)

Marital status

Divorced / separated / widowed

   

-0.25 (0.76)

 

Never married

   

-0.08 (0.88)

Parity

First child (vs. prior children)

   

-0.01 (0.84)

Literacy

Able to read and write whole sentence (vs. unable)

 

-2.61* (1.19)

 

-2.66* (1.26)

Media exposure

Watches TV almost every day (vs. weekly or less)

 

-1.53* (0.65)

 

-2.39* (1.12)

Household assets

# of assets in household (0-10)

  

-0.19 (0.14)

0.26 (0.26)

Distance to nearest dispensary

15-29 minutes walking (vs. <15 min)

  

1.02 (0.82)

0.91 (0.79)

30+ minutes walking

  

0.43 (0.65)

0.52 (1.04)

Constant

 

2.90*** (0.36)

5.01*** (0.89)

3.57*** (0.80)

6.26** (2.27)

Number of observations

 

134

134

134

134

R-squared

 

0.10

0.18

0.13

0.21

AIC

 

712.9

709.7

714.8

718.9

  1. Notes: Estimates from linear least squares regression models. Robust standard errors in parentheses
  2. *** p < 0.001, ** p < 0.01, * p < 0.05
  3. Abbreviations: min Minutes, AIC Akaike information criterion