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Table 2 Poisson regression analysis of the association between travel time to health posts and vaccine coverage in children with complete vaccination records aged 12–59 months in Dabat, rural Ethiopia

From: The association between travel time to health facilities and childhood vaccine coverage in rural Ethiopia. A community based cross sectional study

Variables

Travel time

Vaccinated (%)

Crude RR (95%CI)

Adjusted RR (95%CI)**

P-value***

BCG(n = 739)*

0- < 30 min

241(97%)

1

1

-

 

30- < 60mins

240(94%)

0.98(0.97-1.00)

0.98(0.97-1.00)

0.071

 

> = 60mins

238(86%)

0.95(0.93-0.98)

0.95(0.93-0.98)

0.002

Penta 1(n = 725)

0- < 30 min

238(96%)

1

1

-

 

30- < 60mins

217(85%)

0.93 (0.84-1.04)

0.93 (0.84-1.04)

0.234

 

> = 60mins

240(88%)

0.95(0.86-1.04)

0.95(0.86-1.04)

0.275

Penta 2(n = 679)

0- < 30 min

223(90%)

1

1

-

 

30- < 60mins

199(78%)

0.92(0.82-1.04)

0.92(0.82-1.04)

0.197

 

> = 60mins

215(78%)

0.94(0.89-0.99)

0.94(0.89-0.99)

0.030

Penta 3(n = 648)

0- < 30 min

220(89%)

1

1

-

 

30- < 60mins

191(75%)

0.96(0.94-1.00)

0.92(0.89-0.96)

0.034

 

> = 60mins

191(70%)

0.85(0.79-0.92)

0.85(0.79-0.92)

<0.0001

Measles(n = 690)

0- < 30 min

198(80%)

1

1

-

 

30- < 60mins

188(74%)

0.95(0.89-1.02)

0.95(0.89-1.02)

0.214

 

> = 60mins

178(65%)

0.88(0.79-0.97)

0.88(0.79-0.97)

0.027

  1. *Total number of children with complete vaccination records.
  2. **Adjusted for household wealth, mother’s education, parity and mother’s age.
  3. ***P values from Wald test.