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Table 3 Immunization registration rate and EPI card holding rate among migrant children aged 1–4 years before and after the implementation of EPI intervention package in Yiwu

From: Does introducing an immunization package of services for migrant children improve the coverage, service quality and understanding? An evidence from an intervention study among 1548 migrant children in eastern China

Variables

 

Immunization registration rate before/after intervention

EPI card holding rate before/after intervention

Before (n/N, %)

After (n/N, %)

χ 2

P

Before (n/N, %)

After (n/N, %)

χ 2

P

Age of child

1 year-

472/524, 90.1

190/204, 93.1

1.318

0.251

490/524, 93.5

197/204, 96.5

2.039

0.153

 

2 years-

359/415, 86.5

133/145, 91.7

2.275

0.132

372/415, 89.6

139/145, 95.8

4.462

0.035

 

3–4 years

162/197, 82.2

56/63, 88.9

1.108

0.292

171/197, 86.8

58/63, 92.1

0.807

0.369

Latest continuously living time of child

3–6 months

210/266, 78.9

71/84, 84.5

0.927

0.336

229/266, 86.1

77/84, 91.7

1.335

0.248

 

7–12 months

430/479, 89.8

164/179, 91.6

0.319

0.572

438/479, 91.4

169/179, 94.4

1.222

0.269

 

≥13 months

353/391, 90.3

144/149, 96.6

5.124

0.024

366/391, 93.6

148/149, 96.6

6.511

0.011

Total

 

993/1136, 87.4

379/412, 91.9

5.843

0.016

1033/1136, 90.9

394/412, 95.6

8.621

0.003