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Table 3 Key sociodemographic factors (unweighted), Lebanon CES 2016

From: Vaccination coverage in Lebanon following the Syrian crisis: results from the district-based immunization coverage evaluation survey 2016

Characteristics

Total (n = 9315)

Lebanese (n = 7136)

Syrian (n = 2179)

Number

Percentage

Number

Percentage

Number

Percentage

Sex of the child

 Male

5044

54.1

3851

54.0

1193

54.7

 Female

4271

45.9

3285

46.0

986

45.3

Age of the child

 12–23 months

2579

27.7

1928

27.0

651

29.9

 24–35 months

2265

24.3

1747

24.5

518

23.8

 36–47 months

1920

20.6

1462

20.5

458

21.0

 48–59 months

2551

27.4

1999

28.0

552

25.3

Place of residency of the caregiver

 Rented house / apartment

4461

47.9

2562

35.9

1899

87.2

 Owned house / apartment

4547

48.8

4420

61.9

127

5.8

 Informal settlement

130

1.5

40

0.6

90

4.1

 Collective shelter

78

0.8

37

0.5

41

1.9

 Other

49

0.5

34

0.5

15

0.7

 Refused to answer

50

0.5

43

0.6

7

0.3

Social status of the caregiver

 Single

451

4.9

327

4.6

124

5.7

 Married

8559

91.9

6567

92.0

1992

91.3

 Divorced

137

1.5

103

1.4

34

1.6

 Widowed man

51

0.5

45

0.6

6

0.3

 Widowed woman

88

0.9

69

1.0

19

0.9

 Refused to answer

29

0.3

25

0.4

4

0.2

 Age of the caregiver

30.9 + 6.7

31.2 + 6.7

29.7 + 6.7

 Median

30.0

30.3

28.9

Father’s educational status

 Doesn’t know how to read and write

605

6.5

312

4.4

293

13.5

 Knows how to read and write

1412

15.2

795

11.1

617

28.3

 Primary/Complementary level

1830

19.7

1319

18.5

511

23.5

 Secondary level

1774

19.0

1609

22.6

165

7.6

 Post school technical level

1035

11.1

936

13.1

99

4.5

 University level

2527

27.1

2054

28.8

473

21.7

 Doesn’t know/Doesn’t remember

39

0.4

33

0.5

6

0.3

 Refused to answer

93

1.0

78

1.0

15

0.6

Mother’s educational status

 Doesn’t know how to read and write

695

7.5

312

4.4

383

17.6

 Knows how to read and write

1099

11.8

626

8.8

473

21.7

 Primary/Complementary level

2330

25.0

1550

21.7

780

35.8

 Secondary level

1856

19.9

1614

22.6

242

11.1

 Post school technical level

1243

13.3

1033

14.5

210

9.6

 University level

1990

21.4

1915

26.8

75

3.4

 Doesn’t know/Doesn’t remember

20

0.2

14

0.2

6

0.3

 Refused to answer

82

0.9

72

1.0

10

0.5

Father’s employment status

 Full-time employee

6177

66.3

5127

71.8

1050

48.2

 Part-time employee

2204

23.7

1462

20.5

742

34.1

 Unemployed

705

7.6

348

4.9

357

16.4

 Retiree

48

0.5

43

0.6

5

0.2

 Refused to answer

181

1.9

156

2.2

25

1.1

Mother’s employment status

 Full-time employee

2816

30.2

2344

32.8

472

21.7

 Part-time employee

1772

19.0

1375

19.3

397

18.2

 Unemployed

4595

49.4

3302

46.3

1293

59.3

 Retiree

21

0.2

14

0.2

7

0.3

 Refused to answer

111

1.2

101

1.4

10

0.5