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Table 7 Percent distribution of respondents that answered “YES” to the question “If your child receives malaria vaccine, and still gets malaria but less often than those who don’t get vaccine, will you be comfortable with that?”; by various characteristics (n = 2123)

From: Stakeholders’ opinions and questions regarding the anticipated malaria vaccine in Tanzania

Characteristics

Total number_of respondents

% That would be comfortable

P value

Overall

2123

88.4

 Age (years)

  <20

143

83.2

0.010

  20-34

1499

87.9

  ≥34

481

91.7

 Marital status

  Currently married

1793

88.7

0.559

  Ever married (currently divorced/widowed)

143

86.7

  Single

187

86.6

 Education

  Never been to school

412

87.9

0.863

  Primary

1473

88.7

  Secondary+

238

87.8

 Parity (number of children)

  1

537

86.2

0.253

  2

473

88.2

  3

376

89.9

  4+

737

89.4

 Occupation

  Farmer/other

1495

88.8

0.293

  Business (petty vender, tailoring etc)

355

88.5

  Housekeeper/no job

215

84.7

  Civil servant

58

91.4

 Religion

  Islam

868

85.0

<0.001

  Christian

1192

90.7

  Other

63

92.1

 Tribe

  Kurya

313

92.3

<0.001

  Makonde

272

87.5

  Hangaza

206

92.2

  Zigua

204

92.2

  Zaramo

140

74.3

  Ndali

129

93.0

  Sukuma

120

83.3

  Othersa

739

87.7

 Region (district)

  Arusha (Ngorongoro)

280

92.5

<0.001

  Kagera (Ngara)

331

90.6

  Lindi (Lindi rural)

183

84.2

  Mara (Serengeti)

286

89.9

  Mbeya (Ileje)

188

93.1

  Mtwara (Newala)

193

88.6

  Mwanza (Ilemela)

235

89.4

  Pwani (Kisarawe)

190

72.6

  Tanga (Handeni)

237

89.9

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