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

Table 4 Association between community factors and RTS,S uptake

Variable	RTS.S Uptake		chi²	P-value
Variable	Poor	Good	chi²	P-value
Heard about negative rumour on RTS,S vaccine
Yes	3	64
No	23	332	0.39	0.532
Trust/confidence in the effectiveness of the RTS,S vaccine
Completely confident	13	311
Somehow confident	10	84	6.15	0.013*
Not confident at all	3	1	42.91	< 0.001*
Community acceptance of RTS,S vaccine
Yes	23	253
No	1	12	0.01	0.935
Don’t know	2	31	0.20	0.651
Community members concern about more vaccine introduction
Yes	11	177
No	2	93	2.02	0.155
Don’t know	13	126	1.44	0.230

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