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Table 3 Association between health service delivery factors and RTS,S uptake

From: Predictors of malaria vaccine uptake among children 6–24 months in the Kassena Nankana Municipality in the Upper East Region of Ghana

Variable

RTS,S Uptake

chi2

P-value

Poor

Good

  

Educated on malaria vaccine

 Yes

16

372

34.58

< 0.001

 No

10

24

  

Given the option to accept malaria vaccine

 Yes

14

353

26.82

< 0.001

 No

12

43

  

Long waiting time for vaccination in the facility

 Yes

1

15

0.00

0.988

 No

25

381

  

Experienced Adverse event following immunization

 Yes

5

63

0.01

0.913

 No

21

333

  

Attitude of health staff during immunization sessions

 Excellent

11

230

  

 Satisfactory

14

165

1.95

0.163

 Disappointing

1

1

8.72

0.003

  1. *Chi2–Chi Square; Bolded p-values depict statistical significance