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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics

From: Predictors of incompletion of immunization among children residing in the slums of Kathmandu valley, Nepal: a case-control study

Variables

Case (%) (n = 59)

Control (%) (n = 177)

Gender#

 Male

33 (55.9)

107 (60.5)

 Female

26 (44.1)

70 (39.5)

Birth order#

 First

26 (44.1)

100 (56.5)

 Second

20 (33.9)

57 (32.2)

 Third or above

13 (22.0)

20 (11.3)

Birth Place#

 Semi/Governmental Institution

34 (57.6)

132 (74.6)

 Home

19 (32.2)

21 (11.9)

 Private Institution

6 (10.2)

24 (13.6)

Age Φ

 <20

12 (20.3)

14 (7.9)

 20–24

22 (37.3)

75 (42.4)

 25–29

17 (28.8)

47 (26.6)

 ≥30

8 (13.6)

41 (23.2)

Ethnicity

 Janajati

22 (37.3)

108 (61.0)

 Upper caste

10 (16.9)

39 (22.0)

 Madhesi

16 (27.1)

14 (07.9)

 Dalit

6 (10.2)

16 (09.0)

 Religious Minorities

5 (08.5)

0 (0)

Occupation Φ

 Housewife

46 (78.0)

137 (77.4)

 Daily wage/ Labour

8 (13.5)

16 (09.0)

 Others

5 (08.5)

24 (13.5)

Education level Φ

 Illiterate

22 (37.3)

26 (14.7)

 Literate/ Primary

22 (37.3)

64 (36.2)

 Secondary

14 (23.7)

68 (38.4)

 SLC and above

1 (01.7)

19 (10.7)

Type of family

 Nuclear

40 (67.8)

103 (58.2)

 Joint

17 (28.8)

73 (41.2)

 Extended

2 (03.4)

1 (00.6)

Type of residence

 Own

20 (33.9)

123 (69.5)

 Rent

39 (66.1)

54 (30.5)

Socioeconomic status

 Lowest

24 (40.7)

24 (13.6)

 Second

15 (25.4)

31 (17.5)

 Middle

8 (13.6)

40 (22.6)

 Fourth

8 (13.6)

39 (22.0)

 Highest

4 (06.8)

43 (24.3)

  1. # = variable related to child, Φ = variable related to primary care-taker