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Table 1 Variable definitions and sociodemographic characteristics of the sample

From: Paternal education status significantly influences infants’ measles vaccination uptake, independent of maternal education status

 

India

Nigeria

Congo

Ethiopia

Pakistan

Indonesia

Variable

%

%

%

%

%

%

Child received measles vaccination

0.55

0.37

0.58

0.28

0.52

0.73

Child’s sex- male

0.52

0.51

0.49

0.50

0.52

0.52

Father’s education- none

0.23

0.40

0.10

0.59

0.37

0.03

Father’s education- primary school

0.15

0.22

0.26

0.27

0.16

0.40

Father’s education- above Secondary schooling

0.62

0.38

0.64

0.14

0.47

0.57

Mother’s education-No education

0.39

0.50

0.24

0.38

0.67

0.04

Mother’s education- Primary school

0.14

0.23

0.42

0.36

0.14

0.40

Mother’s education: above Secondary schooling

0.46

0.27

0.34

0.26

0.19

0.56

Mother’s occupation: agriculture

0.21

0.20

0.51

0.16

0.11

0.22

Mother’s occupation : unskilled

 

0.001

0.02

0.01

0.03

0.40

Mother’s occupation: skilled

0.13

0.49

0.23

0.11

0.14

0.29

Mother not working

0.66

0.31

0.24

0.72

0.72

0.49

urban

0.39

0.45

0.40

0.13

0.35

0.38

Wealth quintile- poorest

0.17

0.26

0.22

0.25

0.23

0.30

Wealth quintile- poorer

0.18

0.23

0.21

0.19

0.21

0.20

Wealth quintile- middle

0.21

0.19

0.19

0.19

0.20

0.17

Wealth quintile- Rich

0.22

0.17

0.21

0.17

0.19

0.17

Wealth quintile- Richest

0.22

0.15

0.17

0.20

0.17

0.16

Sample size

45462

22344

7431

8261

8268

15065