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Table 5 Degree of malaria vaccine acceptability by various characteristics (n = 2123)

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

Characteristics

Total number of respondents

Degree of acceptability (%)

P value

Perfect acceptance

Partial acceptance

No acceptance

Overall

2123

84.2

11.9

3.9

 Age (years)

  <20

143

83.9

14.0

2.1

0.466

  20–34

1499

83.6

12.3

4.1

  >34

481

86.1

10.2

3.7

 Marital status

  Currently married

1793

84.5

11.4

4.1

0.149

  Ever married (currently divorced/widowed)

143

79.7

18.2

2.1

  Single

187

84.5

11.8

3.7

 Education

  Never been to school

412

87.4

10.2

2.5

0.136

  Primary

1473

83.9

12.0

4.1

  Secondary+

238

80.3

14.3

5.5

 Parity (number of children)

  1

537

81.8

14.3

3.9

<0.169

  2

473

82.0

13.5

4.4

  3

376

85.6

10.1

4.3

  4+

737

86.6

10.0

3.4

 Occupation

  Farmer/other

1495

86.1

10.5

3.4

<0.001

  Business (petty vender, tailoring etc)

355

81.1

14.7

4.2

  Housekeeper/no job

215

77.7

17.7

4.7

  Civil servant

58

77.6

10.3

12.1

 Religion

  Islam

868

79.7

13.5

6.8

<0.001

  Christian

1192

87.3

10.8

1.9

  Other

63

87.3

11.1

1.6

 Tribe

  Kurya

313

87.5

10.9

1.6

<0.001

  Makonde

272

79.8

16.5

3.7

  Hangaza

206

93.7

4.9

1.5

  Zigua

204

90.2

6.4

3.4

  Zaramo

140

76.4

10.0

13.6

  Ndali

129

90.7

8.5

0.8

  Sukuma

120

80.8

15.8

3.3

  Othersa

739

80.9

14.5

4.6

 Region (district)

  Arusha (Ngorongoro)

280

80.0

16.8

3.2

<0.001

  Kagera (Ngara)

331

93.4

5.1

1.5

  Lindi (Lindi rural)

183

78.1

16.4

5.5

  Mara (Serengeti)

286

86.7

11.2

2.1

  Mbeya (Ileje)

188

90.4

9.0

0.5

  Mtwara (Newala)

193

79.8

16.1

4.2

  Mwanza (Ilemela)

235

81.3

16.2

2.6

  Pwani (Kisarawe)

190

72.1

15.8

12.1

  Tanga (Handeni)

237

89.0

4.6

6.3

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