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Table 1 Characteristics of enrolled children and factors associated with receipt of MCV1

From: Measles vaccination coverage estimates from surveys, clinic records, and immune markers in oral fluid and blood: a population-based cross-sectional study

   

Card + History indicator

 

Overall

Vaccinated

Unvaccinated

 

Frequency

%

(1033 children)

(193 children)

p-value1

Age at enrollment, mean (SD)

14.5 (1.4)

 

14.5 (1.5)

14.5 (1.4)

0.930

Male

628

51.2

534 (51.7)

94 (48.7)

0.446

Father’s education, median [IQR] (years)

7 [5, 9]

 

7 [5, 10]

5 [0, 9]

<0.001

Mother’s education, median [IQR](years)

7 [4, 9]

 

7 [5, 9]

5 [2, 8]

<0.001

Mother had job in last 3 years

154

12.6

116 (11.2)

38 (19.7)

0.001

Asset quintile (2010)2

     

   1 - poorest

246

20.1

192 (18.6)

54 (28.0)

0.001

   2

250

20.4

202 (19.6)

48 (24.9)

 

   3

246

20.1

208 (20.1)

38 (19.7)

 

   4

243

19.8

215 (20.8)

28 (14.5)

 

   5 - wealthiest

241

19.7

216 (20.9)

25 (13.0)

 

Retained child's vaccination card

1019

83.1

872 (84.4)

147 (76.1)

0.005

Mother responsible for bringing child for vaccinations

1060

86.5

903 (87.4)

159 (79.9)

0.006

Location of child’s delivery3

     

   Hospital or clinic

460

37.5

402 (38.9)

58 (30.0)

0.034

   House (own, family or friend’s home)

752

61.3

621 (60.1)

131 (67.9)

 

Person assisting with child's delivery3

     

   Qualified doctor

283

23.1

253 (24.5)

30 (15.4)

0.029

   Skilled birth attendant

209

17.0

178 (17.2)

31 (16.1)

 

   Traditional birth attendant

73

54.9

554 (53.6)

119 (61.7)

 

   Other (mother, informal health worker, alone)

47

3.8

38 (3.7)

9 (4.7)

 

Antenatal care visits3

     

   None

320

26.1

251 (24.3)

69 (35.8)

<0.001

   1

246

20.1

203 (19.6)

43 (22.3)

 

   2 or more

645

52.6

568 (55.0)

77 (39.9)

 

Postnatal care visits3

     

   None

645

52.6

525 (50.8)

120 (62.2)

0.007

   1

412

33.6

364 (35.2)

48 (24.9)

 

   2 or more

155

12.6

134 (13.0)

21 (10.9)

 
  1. 1Chi-square or Fisher’s exact test for categorical variables. Wilcoxon rank sum test for non-normal continuous variables.
  2. 2Asset quintiles calculated using principal component analysis from household asset data.
  3. 3Data on child’s delivery (n = 14), antenatal care (n = 15) and postnatal care (n = 14) not available for small number of children.