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Table 4 Participants vaccination status and some proximate factors in URR

From: Childhood vaccination uptake and associated factors among children 12–23 months in rural settings of the Gambia: a community-based cross-sectional study

Variables

Overall vaccination coverage

P-value

Partially vaccinated n (%)

Fully vaccinated n (%)

Rating vaccination service providers at a health facility

0.485

 Very Unfriendly

26 (32.5)

54 (67.5)

 

 Unfriendly

38 (38.4)

61 (61.6)

 

 Undecided

3 (23.1)

10 (76.9)

 

 Friendly

1 (16.7)

5 (83.3)

 

 Very friendly

0 (0)

2 (100.0)

 

Women total number of children

0.009*

  < 5

40 (45.5)

48 (54.5)

 

 5 to 10

28 (25.2)

83 (74.8

 

  > 10

0 (0.0)

1 (100.0)

 

Transportation difficulties to the vaccination site

0.644

 Yes

24 (32.0)

51 (68.0)

 

 No

44 (35.2)

81 (64.8)

 

The convenience of vaccination timing

0.143

 Yes

54 (37.0)

92 (63.0)

 

 No

14 (25.9)

40 (74.1)

 

Busy schedules allow attending vaccination sessions

0.476

 Yes

34 (36.6)

59 (63.4)

 

 No

34 (31.8)

73 (68.2)

 

Child’s sickness prevents attending RCH clinic

0.238

 Yes

12 (26.7)

33 (73.3)

 

 No

56 (36.1)

99 (63.9)

 

Ever canceled RCH clinic before

0.036*

 Yes

20 (47.6)

22 (52.4)

 

 No

48 (30.4)

110 (69.6)

 

Ever prevents your child from taking vaccination based on rumor

0.229

 Yes

10 (45.5)

12 (54.5)

 

 No

58 (32.6)

120 (67.4)

 

Fear of vaccine side effects prevents you from taking your child to the RCH clinic

0.409

 Yes

5 (45.5)

6 (54.5)

 

 No

63 (33.3)

126 (66.7)

 

Attending pre-clinic sessions on vaccination

0.437

 Every time

19 (30.2)

44 (69.8)

 

 Sometimes

49 (35.8)

88 (64.2)

 

Waiting hours before your child gets vaccinated

0.873

  < 1 h

26 (36.1)

46 (63.9)

 

 1 - 2 h

27 (32.1)

57 (67.9)

 

  > 2 h

15 (34.1)

29 (65.9)

 
  1. *Statistical significance p < 0.05