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Table 4 Hazard ratio (with 95% CI) for delayed vaccination of MCV1 and MCV2 among children aged 24–35 months, in Zhejiang province (Cox proportional hazard regression, N = 1386) a

From: Measles vaccination coverage, determinants of delayed vaccination and reasons for non-vaccination among children aged 24–35 months in Zhejiang province, China

Demographic and socio-economic variables

MCV1

MCV2

Number of siblings

1

1

1

2

1.2 (0.9–1.8)

1.1 (0.9–1.5)

≥3

1.6 (1.1–2.0) *

2.3 (1.6–3.5) **

Place of delivery

Hospital

1

1

Home

1.1 (0.8–1.7)

1.7 (1.3–2.8) *

Age of mothers (years)

< 30

1

1

≥30

0.9 (0.7–1.24)

0.8 (0.6–0.9) *

Mother’s education level

< senior middle school

1

1

≥ senior middle school

0.8 (0.6–1.2)

0.7 (0.5–0.9) *

Maternal employment status

Home fulltime

1

1

Employed

1.2 (0.8–1.5)

2.3 (1.8–4.0) **

Immigration status

Resident

1

1

Non-local

2.6 (1.9–4.7) *

2.9 (2.2–5.3) **

Family income per month b

0.9 (0.8–1.0)

0.8 (0.7–0.9) *

  1. a: two variables (sex and residence) were excluded from the backwards model selection
  2. b: continuous variable, increasing direction. HR presented in bold were significant with *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01