Table 4 Immunization status by parental and child characteristics in Senegal (2010–2011 DHS)
Variables | Number of children | Fully immunized n (%) | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|
Mother’s age at birth | |||
< 20 | 319 | 198 (62.2%) | |
20–34 | 1527 | 967 (63.4%) | 0.860 |
35–49 | 353 | 216 (61.1%) | |
Mother’s education level | |||
No education | 1510 | 918 (60.8%) | |
Up to primary | 515 | 331 (64.4%) | 0.002 |
Secondary and higher | 174 | 132 (76.1%) | |
Marital status | |||
Married or living with partner | 2060 | 1280 (62.2%) | |
Others | 139 | 73 (101.8%) | 0.024* |
Father’s education | |||
No education | 1695 | 1040 (61.4%) | |
Up to primary | 217 | 129 (59.3%) | 0.067 |
Secondary and higher | 205 | 147 (72.0%) | |
Father’s occupation | |||
Not working | 57 | 29 (50.8%) | |
Management/Professional/Clerical/sale service | 839 | 537 (64.0%) | 0.151 |
Agriculture | 553 | 321 (58.0%) | |
Manual or household worker/other | 572 | 363 (64.0%) | |
Mother’s ethnic group | |||
Wolof | 823 | 537 (65.3%) | |
Puular | 637 | 348 (54.6%) | 0.005* |
Serer | 720 | 496 (67.2%) | |
Region | |||
West | 1534 | 997 (64.9%) | |
North | 245 | 133 (54.5%) | 0.001* |
East | 135 | 189 (66.8%) | |
South | 282 | 62 (46.0%) | |
“Mother could show a vaccination” card? | |||
Yes | 689 | 218 (31.6%) | < 0.001* |
No | 1510 | 1164 (77.1%) | |
Wealth quintile | |||
Poorest | 485 | 274 (56.4%) | |
Poor | 457 | 283 (61.9%) | |
Middle | 446 | 284 (63.8%) | 0.061 |
Richer | 466 | 296 (63.6%) | |
Richest | 307 | 217 (70.7%) | |
Place of residence | |||
Urban | 850 | 535 (63.1%) | |
Rural | 1349 | 844 (62.7%) | 0.850 |
Sex of the child | |||
Male | 1127 | 708 (62.8%) | |
Female | 1072 | 673 (62.8%) | 0.955 |
Birth order | |||
0–3 | 128 | 778 (60.7%) | |
4–6 | 368 | 229 (62.3%) | 0.324 |
≥ 7 | 66 | 48 (73.0%) | |
Read newspaper | |||
Not at all | 1886 | 1175 (62.3%) | 0.440 |
Less than once per week or at least once a week | 276 | 180 (65.2%) | |
Listen to radio | |||
Not at all | 379 | 230 (60.5%) | 0.403 |
Less than 1 week or at least 1 week | 1782 | 1125 (63.1%) | |
Watch television | |||
Not at all | 734 | 421 (57.4%) | 0.003* |
Less than 1 week or at least 1 week | 1427 | 933 (65.4%) | |
Distance to health care Center | |||
As a big problem | 777 | 465 (59.9%) | 0.646 |
As not a big problem | 1385 | 889 (64.2%) | |
Religion | |||
Muslim | 2101 | 1316 (62.6%) | 0.771 |
Others | 60 | 39 (64.7%) | |
Use of antenatal care | |||
Yes | 85 | 1254 (64.4%) | < 0.001* |
No | 1948 | 27 (32.2%) | |
Place of delivery | |||
At hospital | 1616 | 1069 (66.2%) | < 0.001* |
At home | 583 | 312 (53.5%) | |
Woman participates in household decisions | |||
Yes | 530 | 335 (63.2%) | 0.216 |
No | 1492 | 918 (61.5%) | |