VACCINATION UPTAKE IN SOROTI DISTRICT, EASTERN UGANDA

STUDY OVERVIEW

A study conducted in Uganda in May 2025 in order to understand the Behavioural and Social Drivers (BESD) of Vaccination uptake in rural settings. This study focused on communities located in rural areas of Soroti City, Eastern Uganda.

General Summary [All Municipalities]

Description	Results
Interview period	06-May-2025 to 09-May-2025
Number of respondents	356 (Male:12 Female:344)
Number of Parishes	12
Age of respondent (years)	Avg: 27.8 Min: 16.0 Max: 72.0
Age of youngest child (months)	Avg: 19 Min: 1 Max: 48

Respondents categorisation by study subcounties in Soroti District [All Municipalities]

Code	Description	Freq	Percent
256023601	Amen Town Council	70	26.22
256023603	Arapai Town Council	106	39.70
256023604	Asuret	20	7.49
256023611	Lalle	34	12.73
256023615	Soroti	37	13.86
	Overall	267	100.00

Respondents categorisation by sex [All Municipalities]

Code	Description	Freq	Percent
01	Male	12	3.37
02	Female	344	96.63
	Overall	356	100.00

Respondents categorisation by age [All Municipalities]

Code	Description	Freq	Percent
04	15-24 years	159	40.25
05	25-34 years	173	43.80
06	35-44 years	53	13.42
07	45+ years	10	2.53
	Overall	395	100.00

Respondents categorisation by levels of education [All Municipalities]

Code	Description	Freq	Percent
25601	Primary	234	58.79
25602	Secondary (O-Level)	133	33.42
25603	Secondary (A-Level)	15	3.77
25604	Tertiary level	9	2.26
25605	Diploma	4	1.01
25606	University Degree	3	0.75
	Overall	398	100.00

Respondents categorisation by levels of marital status [All Municipalities]

Code	Description	Freq	Percent
00	Below marital age	3	0.86
01	Single	63	18.00
02	Married	275	78.57
03	Separated or Divorced	6	1.71
04	Widowed	2	0.57
99	Not applicable	1	0.29
	Overall	350	100.00

Respondents categorisation by relationships to household heads [All Municipalities]

Code	Description	Freq	Percent
01	Household head	104	27.81
02	Spouse	182	48.66
03	Son or Son in-law	2	0.53
04	Daughter or Daughter in-law	20	5.35
05	Father or Father in-law	3	0.80
06	Mother or Mother in-law	56	14.97
07	Brother or Brother in-law	2	0.53
10	Grand daughter	4	1.07
95	Other	1	0.27
	Overall	374	100.00

SOCIAL DEMOGRAPHICS OF PARENTS OR CAREGIVERS

Are you the parent or caregiver of any children who are younger than 5 years old? [All Municipalities]

Code	Description	Freq	Percent
01	Parent	304	90.75
02	Caregiver	30	8.96
96	Neither Parent nor Caregiver	1	0.30
	Overall	335	100.00

a1.4. What is the religion of parent/ caregiver? [All Municipalities]

Code	Description	Freq	Percent
01	Anglican /Protestant	130	33.77
02	Catholic (Roman Catholic)	188	48.83
03	Muslim /Islam	5	1.30
04	Pentecostal	59	15.32
07	Orthodox Christian	1	0.26
95	Other	1	0.26
97	Do not know	1	0.26
	Overall	385	100.00

a1.7. How old (years) is your youngest child? [All Municipalities]

Code	Description	Freq	Percent
00	Less than 1 year old	103	27.11
01	1 year old	115	30.26
02	2 year old	77	20.26
03	3 year old	52	13.68
04	4 year old	33	8.68
	Overall	380	100.00

a1.9. What is the sex of your youngest child? [All Municipalities]

Code	Description	Freq	Percent
01	Male	197	56.61
02	Female	151	43.39
	Overall	348	100.00

a1.10. What is your relationship to your child? [All Municipalities]

Code	Description	Freq	Percent
00	Mother	386	92.57
01	Father	10	2.40
02	Grandparent	15	3.60
03	Uncle or aunt	4	0.96
04	Brother or Sister	2	0.48
	Overall	417	100.00

VACCINATION STATUS AS PER PARENTS/ CAREGIVERS

a1.11a. What vaccines did the child receive at birth [All Municipalities]

Note: Result is from multiple-choice responses
Code	Description	Freq	Percent
01	Polio 0	266	28.60
02	BCG	264	28.39
03	Hep B zero dose	399	42.90
96	None	1	0.11
	Overall	930	100.00

a1.11a. What vaccines did the child receive at 6 Weeks (one and half month) [All Municipalities]

Note: Result is from multiple-choice responses
Code	Description	Freq	Percent
01	Polio 1	254	15.81
02	Rota 1	252	15.68
03	PCV 1	387	24.08
04	IPV1	324	20.16
05	DPT-HepB-Hib 1	372	23.15
96	None	13	0.81
99	Not applicable	5	0.31
	Overall	1,607	100.00

a1.11a. What vaccines did the child receive at 10 Weeks (two and half month) [All Municipalities]

Note: Result is from multiple-choice responses
Code	Description	Freq	Percent
01	Polio 2	272	19.47
02	Rota 2	351	25.13
03	PCV 2	371	26.56
04	DPT-HepB-Hib 2	365	26.13
96	None	13	0.93
99	Not applicable	25	1.79
	Overall	1,397	100.00

a1.11a. What vaccines did the child receive at 14 Weeks (three and half month) [All Municipalities]

Note: Result is from multiple-choice responses
Code	Description	Freq	Percent
01	Polio 3	310	17.29
02	PCV 3	335	18.68
03	IPV 2	383	21.36
04	Rota 3	350	19.52
05	DPT-HepB-Hib 3	371	20.69
96	None	18	1.00
99	Not applicable	26	1.45
	Overall	1,793	100.00

a1.11a. What vaccines did the child receive at 6 months [All Municipalities]

Note: Result is from multiple-choice responses
Code	Description	Freq	Percent
01	Vitamin A Supplement	244	72.84
96	None	39	11.64
99	Not applicable	52	15.52
	Overall	335	100.00

a1.11a. What vaccines did the child receive at 9 months [All Municipalities]

Note: Result is from multiple-choice responses
Code	Description	Freq	Percent
01	Yellow Fever	276	45.77
02	Measles Rubella 1 (MR1)	208	34.49
96	None	36	5.97
99	Not applicable	83	13.76
	Overall	603	100.00

a1.11. Has the child received none some or all of the vaccines [All Municipalities]

Code	Description	Freq	Percent
	No data available

THINKING AND FEELINGS OF PARENTS/ CAREGIVERS ABOUT VACCINES

a2.1. How important do you think vaccines are for your child's health? [All Municipalities]

Code	Description	Freq	Percent
	No data available

a2.2. How safe do you think vaccines are for your child? [All Municipalities]

Code	Description	Freq	Percent
	No data available

a2.3.How much do you trust the health workers who give children vaccines? [All Municipalities]

Code	Description	Freq	Percent
	No data available

a3.1. Do you think most parents you know get their children vaccinated? [All Municipalities]

Code	Description	Freq	Percent
00	No	24	7.25
01	Yes	307	92.75
	Overall	331	100.00

a3.2. Do you think most of your close family and friends want you to get your child vaccinated? [All Municipalities]

Code	Description	Freq	Percent
00	No	4	1.22
01	Yes	324	98.78
	Overall	328	100.00

a3.3. Do you think your religious leaders want you to get your child vaccinated? [All Municipalities]

Code	Description	Freq	Percent
00	No	6	1.83
01	Yes	322	98.17
	Overall	328	100.00

a3.4. Do you think your community leaders want you to get your child vaccinated? [All Municipalities]

Code	Description	Freq	Percent
00	No	10	3.07
01	Yes	316	96.93
	Overall	326	100.00

a3.5. Has a health worker recommended your child to be vaccinated? [All Municipalities]

Code	Description	Freq	Percent
00	No	15	4.63
01	Yes	309	95.37
	Overall	324	100.00

MOTIVATION OR HISITANCY BY PARENTS/ CAREGIVERS TO SEEK VACCINATION

a4. Uganda has a schedule of vaccines for children. Do you want your child to get none of these vaccines some of these vaccines or all of these vaccines? [All Municipalities]

Code	Description	Freq	Percent
	No data available

PRACTICAL ISSUES INVOLVED IN SEEKING AND RECEIVING VACCINATION OF CHILDREN BY PARENTS/ CAREGIVERS

a5.1. Have you ever been contacted about your child being due for vaccination? [All Municipalities]

Code	Description	Freq	Percent
00	No	143	41.33
01	Yes	203	58.67
	Overall	346	100.00

a5.2. Do you know where to go to get your child vaccinated? [All Municipalities]

Code	Description	Freq	Percent
00	No	4	1.22
01	Yes	323	98.78
	Overall	327	100.00

a5.3. Have you personally ever taken your youngest child to get vaccinated? [All Municipalities]

Code	Description	Freq	Percent
00	No	7	2.14
01	Yes	320	97.86
	Overall	327	100.00

a5.4. Have you ever been turned away when you tried to get your child vaccinated? [All Municipalities]

Code	Description	Freq	Percent
00	No	174	58.39
01	Yes	124	41.61
	Overall	298	100.00

a5.5. How easy is it to get vaccination services for your child? [All Municipalities]

Code	Description	Freq	Percent
	No data available

a5.6. How easy is it to pay for vaccination? i.e. any payment to the clinics transport taking time away from work [All Municipalities]

Code	Description	Freq	Percent
	No data available

a5.7. What makes it hard to get vaccination services for your child? [All Municipalities]

Note: Result is from multiple-choice responses
Code	Description	Freq	Percent
01	Getting to the clinic is hard	64	11.07
02	The clinic opening times are inconvenient	61	10.55
03	The clinic sometimes turns people away without vaccinating	46	7.96
04	The waiting time in the clinic takes too long	84	14.53
06	Staff are poorly trained	14	2.42
07	Staff are not respectful	31	5.36
08	Staff do not spend enough time with people	40	6.92
10	Vaccine is not always available	58	10.03
95	Others	19	3.29
96	Nothing, it’s not hard	161	27.85
	Overall	578	100.00

a5.8. How satisfied are you with the vaccination services? [All Municipalities]

Code	Description	Freq	Percent
	No data available

a5.9. What is not satisfactory about the vaccination services? [All Municipalities]

Note: Result is from multiple-choice responses
Code	Description	Freq	Percent
01	Getting to the clinic is hard	23	5.19
02	The clinic opening times are inconvenient	24	5.42
03	The clinic sometimes turns people away without vaccinating	17	3.84
04	The waiting time in the clinic takes too long	28	6.32
06	Staff are poorly trained	5	1.13
07	Staff are not respectful	26	5.87
08	Staff do not spend enough time with people	15	3.39
10	Vaccine is not always available	19	4.29
95	Others	6	1.35
96	Nothing, it’s not hard	280	63.21
	Overall	443	100.00