Table 6 The impact of demographic characteristics on awareness of malaria vaccine policy and perceptions of malaria control measures by policy actors: multinomial regression analysis results

Do you have any knowledge of the malaria vaccine?

 No^#

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

 Yes

2.491(1.183–5.250)*

0.680(0.377–1.226)

1.756(0.676–4.560)

0.779(0.428–1.418)

1.488(0.583–3.794)

 I don’t know

9.179(1.077–78.256)

0.185(0.019–1.805)

8.080(0.566–115.366)

0.379(0.063–2.261)

0.589(0.045–7.675)

Malaria episodes lead to loss of economic productivity. Will the vaccine be helpful in curbing this?

 No^#

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

 Yes

0.00

1.836(0.247–13.653)

0.00

3.896(0.393–38.657)

5.032(0.337–75.046)

 I don’t know

0.00

2.198(0.322–15.024)

0.00

5.181(0.556–48.278)

2.607(0.207–32.813)

Do you think the malaria vaccine is a good addition to the control/eradication policy and program in Nigeria?

 No^#

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

 Yes

1.234(0.593–2.566)

1.041(0.563–1.923)

1.357(0.502–3.673)

0.885(0.483–1.623)

0.491(0.179–1.347)

 I don’t know

0.965(0.193–4.836)

0.804(0.222–2.905)

1.768(0.227–13.769)

0.751(0.190–2.973)

0.789(0.102–6.136)

Are the existing malaria treatment measures sufficient in the eradication process?

 No^#

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

 Yes

0.717(0.337–1.525)

0.736(0.388–1.397)

1.589(0.584–4.320)

0.946(0.507–1.767)

1.002(0.370–2.717)

 I don’t know

1.479(0.335–6.532)

0.468(0.188–2.229)

8.754(0.831–92.168)

0.941(0.288–3.072)

2.422(0.353–16.620)

Will malaria vaccination be easily implemented as a policy?

 No^#

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

 Yes

0.918(0.430–1.958)

1.233(0.663–2.294)

0.819(0.304–2.202)

1.571(0.774–3.189)

0.682(0.257–1.809)

 I don’t know

0.572(0.194–1.693)

1.837(0.750–4.499)

3.089(0.693–13.778)

3.042(1.231–7.516)*

1.233(0.282–5.389)