Table 6

Reasons given by mothers of children not vaccinated or not fully vaccinated (among those who gave a reason)^a.

Weighted percent (number)

Khairpur

Haripur

Khanewal

Sialkot

Main reason why child not vaccinated / not fully vaccinated

Urban

Rural

Urban

Rural

Urban

Rural

Urban

Rural

"Carelessness" on part of mother or other family members

19 (56)

7 (143)

15 (2)

27 (126)

17 (27)

9 (95)

51 (29)

36 (125)

Lack of time / no one to take child for vaccinations

8 (23)

5 (98)

8 (1)

10 (45)

9 (11)

7 (74)

12 (7)

12 (37)

Vaccination would harm the child

16 (42)

3 (54)

15 (2)

11 (50)

12 (17)

8 (85)

14 (8)

13 (43)

Lack of awareness about vaccinations or vaccines schedule

8 (21)

4 (81)

31 (4)

11 (55)

11 (14)

11 (110)

4 (2)

6 (20)

Access problems / no nearby facility / no visit of team

33 (95)

68 (1412)

18 (95)

35 (59)

56 (622)

9 (5)

22 (73)

Don't believe in vaccination / it's useless / not our tradition

11 (33)

5 (99)

31 (4)

12 (61)

15 (19)

7 (78)

8 (5)

5 (16)

Family members do not allow child to be vaccinated

2 (7)

1 (23)

9 (38)

1 (2)

1 (8)

2 (1)

4 (12)

Cannot afford vaccination / too poor to vaccinate

2 (6)

8 (167)

2 (11)

2 (16)

2 (8)

Total

100 (283)

100 (2077)

100 (13)

100 (481)

100 (149)

100 (1088)

100 (57)

100 (334)

^aThis was an open-ended question. We coded the responses given by mothers and subsequently further grouped together similar responses.

Cockcroft et al. BMC International Health and Human Rights 2009 9(Suppl 1):S4   doi:10.1186/1472-698X-9-S1-S4