Parental perceptions surrounding polio and self-reported non-participation in polio supplementary immunization activities in Karachi, Pakistan: a mixed methods study
Asif Raza Khowaja, Sher Ali Khan, Naveeda Nizam, Saad Bin Omer & Anita Zaidi
Volume 90, Number 11, November 2012, 822-830
Table 5. Results of univariate analysis comparing knowledge and perceptions surrounding polio and participation in polio supplementary immunization activities among low-income Pashtun and low-income non-Pashtun parents, Karachi, Pakistan, 2011
| Indicator | No. (%) of parents |
OR (95% CI) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Low-income Pashtuns (n = 441) | Low-income non-Pashtuns (n = 423) | ||
| Never heard of polio | 29 (6.5) | 13 (3.1) | 2.2 (1.1–4.3) |
| Don’t know how the risk of getting polio in Pakistan compares with the risk in other countries (n = 410 parents who had heard of polio) | 21 (24.4) | 140 (43.2) | 0.42 (0.2–0.72) |
| Don’t know if polio can be prevented (n = 410 parents who had heard of polio) | 1 (1.2) | 4 (1.2) | 0.94 (0.10–8.5) |
| Have not heard about polio vaccine campaigna this year (2011) | 193 (43.8) | 47 (11.1) | 6.2 (4.3–8.8) |
| Did not participate in either of the two most recent polio vaccine campaigns | 59 (13.4) | 9 (2.1) | 7.1 (3.47–14.5) |
| Reason for non-participation in polio vaccine campaigns (n = 68) | |||
| No vaccinator came to the house | 14 (23.7) | 6 (66.7) | 1.2 (0.08–15.46) |
| Family elder or husband refused | 43 (72.9) | 2 (22.2) | 10.8 (0.66–174.6) |
CI, confidence interval; OR, odds ratio.
a Supplementary immunization activities are better known as polio vaccine campaigns.