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Table 3 Main sources of information about vaccination

From: Attitude and subjective wellbeing of non-compliant mothers to childhood oral polio vaccine supplemental immunization in Northern Nigeria

Source of information

Non-Compliant N (%)

Compliant N (%)

ap > 0.05

Health Worker

(77) 38.9%

(74) 37.4%

 

Radio

(150) 75.8%

(149)75.3%

 

Television

(59) 29.8%

(67)33.8%

 

Mosque Announcement

(67) 33.8%

(55) 27.8%

 

Poster/Leaflet

(0) 0%

(1)0.5%

 

Banner

(0)0%

(2)1.0%

 

Relative/Neighbor

(7) 3.5%

(15)7.6%

 

VCM b

(8) 4.0%

(12)6.1%

 

PSG c

(0) 0%

(1)0.5%

 

Town Announcer

(0) 0%

(0) 0%

 

Traditional Leader

(11) 5.6%

(2)1.0%

 

Newspaper

(6) 3.0%

(6) 3.0%

 
  1. a Statistical significance p < 0.05 (2-tailed)
  2. b Voluntary Community Mobilizer
  3. c Polio Survivor Group