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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the study sample by slum of residence

From: Childhood vaccination in informal urban settlements in Nairobi, Kenya: Who gets vaccinated?

 

Korogocho

Viwandani

Total

 

%

%

N

%

Assets index*

-0.34 (0.24)

0.26 (0.11)

-

-

Expenditure (KSh)*

3386 (434)

3706 (279)

-

-

Ethnicity of the Person

    

   Kikuyu

34.5

21.9

480

28.1

   Luhya

19.9

14.8

296

17.3

   Luo

24.6

10.6

298

17.4

   Kamba

6.0

35.3

359

21.0

   Others

15.1

17.4

278

16.3

Delivery place

    

   Home

27.5

29.8

530

28.7

   Health Facility

72.5

70.2

1316

71.3

Marital status as at first interview

    

   Not married

20.2

9.8

274

14.8

   Married/In union

79.8

90.2

1572

85.2

Mother's education

    

   Incomplete Primary/No education

45.4

24.1

636

34.5

   Completed Primary

39.6

43.7

770

41.7

   Secondary

15.1

32.1

440

23.8

Mother's age at delivery

    

   <20

16.2

10.3

243

13.2

   20-24

34.1

39.6

682

36.9

   25-29

22.1

25.2

437

23.7

   30+

27.7

24.9

484

26.2

Parity

    

   Parity 1

28.9

36.0

599

32.6

   Parity 2

27.9

31.1

543

29.5

   Parity 3+

43.2

33.0

698

37.9

Antenatal care

    

   No ANC

3.3

2.9

57

3.1

   Seen a doctor

9.0

15.7

230

12.5

   Seen a nurse

87.6

81.5

1559

84.5

Postnatal care

    

   No postnatal

8.5

1.9

94

5.1

   Postnatal

91.5

98.1

1752

94.9

Child's sex

    

   Male

50.7

49.2

922

49.9

   Female

49.8

50.8

924

50.1

Birth weight

    

   Less than 2.5 kg

12.8

13.3

234

12.7

   2.5 kg or greater

87.9

86.7

1606

87.3

  1. *These variables are calculated as mean (±SD) values for each slum settlement