OBJECTIVES VARIABLES LEVEL OF STATISTICAL ANALYSIS

MEASUREMENT Descriptive Inferential

1. To determine Knowledge on Ratio Central Tendency Not Applicable
knowledge of parents immunization of (Mean, Mode)
on immunization, its parents in a rural
importance, the area in the Standard Deviation
necessity of Philippines
following the
recommended
schedule and number
of doses, and
diseases being
prevented.
2. To describe the Beliefs about Ordinal Mode, Percentage Not Applicable
beliefs of parents on immunization (Likert Scale)
immunization. among parents in
selected barangays
in a rural area in the
Philippines
3. To determine the Practices of Parents
practices of parents, a. Timeliness Nominal Mode, Percentage Not Applicable
specifically in terms
of bringing their b. Completeness Nominal Mode, Percentage Not Applicable
children to the clinic
for immunization, c. Reasons for Nominal Mode, Percentage Not Applicable
management of side Possible Delay
effects, and reasons and Refusal
for possible delays
and refusal of d. Person who
immunization. brings infant for Nominal Mode, Percentage Not Applicable
vaccination
4. To determine the Independent
relationship between Variable:
knowledge and Knowledge of
practices of parents parents on Ratio Central
on immunization. immunization Tendency
(Mean, Median,
Mode)
Frequency
Distribution,
Percentage
Dependent Variable:
Practices of Parents

a. Timeliness Nominal Mode,Percentage Chi square

b. Completeness Nominal Mode,Percentage Chi square

5. To determine the Independent
relationship between Variable:
beliefs and practices Beliefs of parents on Ordinal (Likert Mode, Percentage
of parents on immunization Scale)
immunization.
Dependent
Variables:
Practices of Parents
on Immunization

a. Timeliness Nominal Mode, Percentage Chi square

b. Completeness Nominal Mode, Percentage Chi square

6. To describe the
relationships between
knowledge, and the
sociodemographic
variables,
specifically:
6.1. Knowledge and Confounding
Age variable:
Age Ratio Mode, Percentage

Dependent variable:
Knowledge Ratio Central Tendency Pearson
(Mean, mode) correlation
Standard Deviation coefficient
6.2. Knowledge and Confounding
Sex of Parents variable:
Sex of Parents Nominal Mode, Percentage

Dependent variable:
Knowledge Ratio Central Tendency Independent
(Mean, mode) Samples T-Test
Standard Deviation

6.3. Knowledge and Confounding

Educational variable:
Attainment Educational Nominal Mode, Percentage
Attainment

Dependent variable:
Knowledge Ratio Central Tendency Spearman’s Rho
(Mean, mode)
Standard Deviation

6.4. Knowledge and Confounding

Marital Status variable:
 Marital Status Nominal Mode, Percentage

Dependent variable:
Knowledge Ratio Central Tendency One way ANOVA
(Mean, mode)
Standard Deviation

6.5. Knowledge and Confounding

Occupation of variable:
Parents Occupation of Nominal Mode, Percentage
Parents

Dependent variable:
Knowledge Ratio Central Tendency Independent
(Mean, mode) Samples T-Test
Standard Deviation
6.6. Knowledge and Confounding
Number of Children variable:
Number of Children Ratio Mode, Percentage

Dependent variable:
Knowledge Ratio Central Tendency Spearman’s Rho
(Mean, mode)
Standard Deviation
6.7. Knowledge and Confounding
Place of Delivery variable:
Place of Delivery Nominal Mode, Percentage

Dependent variable:
Knowledge Ratio Central Tendency One-way ANOVA
(Mean, mode)
Standard Deviation
Mode, Percentage
7. To describe the
relationships between
beliefs and the
sociodemographic
variables,
specifically:
7.1. Beliefs and Age Confounding
variable:
Age Ratio Mode, Percentage

Dependent variable:
Belief Ordinal Mode, Percentage Spearman’s Rho
7.2. Beliefs and Sex Confounding
of Parents variable:
Sex of Parents Nominal Mode, Percentage
 Dependent variable:
Beliefs Ordinal Mode, Percentage Mann-Whitney Test
7.3. Beliefs and Confounding
Educational variable:
Attainment Educational Nominal Mode, Percentage
Attainment

Dependent variable:
Beliefs Ordinal Mode, Percentage Spearman’s Rho
7.4. Beliefs and Confounding
Marital Status variable: Mode,
Marital Status Nominal Percentage

Dependent variable:
Beliefs Ordinal Mode, Percentage Kruskal Wallis
Test
7.5. Beliefs and Confounding
Occupation of variable:
Parents Occupation of Nominal Mode, Percentage
Parents

Dependent variable:
Beliefs Ordinal Mode, Percentage Mann-Whitney Test
7.6. Beliefs and Confounding
Number of Children variable:
Number of Children Ratio Mode, Percentage

Dependent variable:
Beliefs Ordinal Mode, Percentage

7.7. Beliefs and Place Confounding

of Delivery variable:
Place of Delivery Nominal Mode, Percentage

Dependent variable:
Beliefs Ordinal Mode, Percentage Chi-square
8. To describe the
relationships between
practices, and the
sociodemographic
variables,
specifically:
8.1. Practice and Age Confounding
variable:
Age Ratio Mode, Percentage

Dependent variable: Mann-Whitney

a. Timeliness Nominal Mode, Percentage Test
 Mann-Whitney
b. Completeness Nominal Mode, Percentage Test
8.2. Practice and Sex Confounding
of Parents variable:
Sex of Parents Nominal Mode, Percentage

Dependent variable:
a. Timeliness Nominal Mode, Percentage Not Applicable

b. Completeness Nominal Mode, Percentage

8.3. Practice and Confounding
Educational variable:
Attainment Educational Nominal Mode, Percentage
Attainment

Dependent variable:
a. Timeliness Nominal Mode, Percentage Mann-Whitney
Test
b. Completeness Nominal Mode, Percentage Mann-Whitney
Test
8.4. Practice and Confounding
Marital Status variable:
Marital Status Nominal Mode, Percentage

Dependent variable:
a. Timeliness Mode, Percentage
Nominal Mode, Percentage Chi square
b. Completeness
Nominal
Chi square
8.5. Practice and Confounding
Occupation of variable:
Parents Occupation of Nominal Mode, Percentage
Parents

Dependent variable:
a. Timeliness Nominal Mode, Percentage Chi square

b. Completeness Nominal Mode, Percentage Chi square

8.6. Practice and Confounding
Number of Children variable:
Number of Children Ratio Mode, Percentage

Dependent variable:
a. Timeliness Nominal Mode, Percentage Mann-Whitney
Test
b. Completeness Nominal Mode, Percentage Mann-Whitney
Test
8.7. Practice and Confounding
Place of Delivery variable:
Place of Delivery Nominal Mode, Percentage

Dependent variable:
c. Timeliness Nominal Mode, Percentage Chi square

d. Completeness Nominal Mode, Percentage Chi square