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Table 3 Characteristics of children with and without EPI clinic records

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

 

EPI records found (n = 913)

EPI records not found (n = 346)

 
 

Frequency

%

Frequency

%

p-value1

Age at enrollment (months), mean (SD)

13.8 (1.4)

 

14.0 (1.4)

 

0.026

Male

456

50.0

186

53.8

0.227

Father’s Education, in years, median (IQR)

6 [4, 9]

 

8 [5, 10]

 

<0.001

Moved since child’s birth

327

35.8

163

47.1

<0.001

Asset quintile

     

  1 (poorest)

198

21.7

55

15.9

0.001

  2

191

20.9

61

17.6

 

  3

177

19.4

75

21.7

 

  4

189

20.7

62

17.9

 

  5 (wealthiest)

158

17.3

93

26.9

 

Retained vaccination card

800

87.6

246

71.1

<0.001

History of MCV1 by maternal report

853

93.4

287

83.0

<0.001

History of MCV1 by card + history

790

87

270

78

<0.001

Fully vaccinated, by card + history

657

72.0

187

54.0

<0.001

Union

     

  Ajgana

139

15.2

67

19.4

<0.001

  Bahuria

146

16.0

25

7.2

 

  Banail

104

11.4

14

4.0

 

  Bhatgram

108

11.8

20

5.8

 

  Gorai2

98

10.7

114

33.0

 

  Jamurki

101

11.1

45

13.0

 

  Uarsi

116

12.7

12

3.5

 

  Mirzapur

101

11.1

49

14.1

 
  1. 1Chi square test for categorical variables. Wilcoxon rank sum test for non-normally distributed continuous variables.
  2. 2Record books from two EPI clinics in Gorai were not available.