areas with limited access to health care providers.
Our results indicate that education and wealth are significantly
positively associated with vaccine-related behaviors and the association between SES and childhood immunization was found to be affected by mass media use. These results suggest that the
use of mass media has the potential to diminish the effect of
SES, which in turn can influence vaccination rates in sub-Saharan
African countries. Our results are consistent with the suggestion
that, regardless of SES, individuals that are exposed to different
mass media can protect their children’s health