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Table 2 Percentage of children age 12–35 months who received MCV1 at any time before the survey (weighted) by background characteristics, Ethiopia, 2016

From: Geographical variation and associated factors of childhood measles vaccination in Ethiopia: a spatial and multilevel analysis

Background Characteristics

Total number of Children

Children who received MCV1

N

%

N

%

Individual level characteristics

 Child Age (in Months) (Mean = 22.95 (SD ± 7.04)

  12–23

1976

51.0

1069

54.1

  24–35

1901

49.0

1036

54.5

 Sex of child

  Male

1935

49.9

1056

54.6

  Female

1941

50.1

1049

54

 Birth Order

  1

753

19.4

451

59.9

  2–3

1161

29.9

674

58.1

  4–5

900

23.2

475

52.8

  6+

1063

27.4

505

47.5

 Wanted child

  Wanted then

2832

73.1

1491

52.7

  Wanted later

702

18.1

430

61.3

  Wanted no more

343

8.8

183

53.5

 DPT1-HepB1-Hib1 vaccine

  Not vaccinated

1158

29.9

121

10.4

  Vaccinated

2718

70.1

1984

73

 DPT3-HepB3-Hib3 vaccine

  Not vaccinated

1983

51.2

505

25.5

  Vaccinated

1893

48.8

1599

84.5

 Maternal age (years)

  15–19

137

3.5

77

56.2

  20–34

2850

73.5

1587

55.7

  35–49

889

22.9

441

49.6

 Religion

  Orthodox

1349

34.8

887

65.8

  Muslim

1530

39.5

617

40.4

  Protestant

861

22.2

529

61.4

  Othersa

136

3.5

71

52.2

 Mother’s educational

  No education

2474

63.8

1188

48

  Primary

1100

28.4

669

60.8

  Secondary & Higher

302

7.8

248

82.1

 Husband/partner’s education (N = 3655)

  No education

1746

47.8

820

47

  Primary

1462

40.0

838

57.3

  Secondary & Higher

447

12.2

319

71.4

 Mother’s occupation

  Did not work

2071

53.4

1024

49.4

  Non-Professional

1731

44.7

1025

59.2

  Professional

74

1.9

56

75.7

 Father’s occupation (N = 3655)

  Did not work

275

7.5

111

40.2

  Nonprofessional

620

17.0

303

48.9

  Professional

2760

75.5

1564

56.7

 Maternal relation to the household dead

  Wife

3091

79.7

1670

54

  Head

406

10.5

224

55.2

  Daughter

211

5.4

122

57.8

  Othersb

169

4.4

89

52.7

 Sex of the household head

  Male

3314

85.5

1792

54.1

  Female

562

14.5

312

55.5

 Number of living children

 

0

  1

684

17.6

413

60.4

  2–3

1281

33.0

759

59.3

  4–5

1022

26.4

529

51.8

  6+

890

23.0

404

45.4

 Maternal health care decision making (N = 3655)

  Jointly with her husband

2439

66.7

1333

54.7

  Husband/partner alone

727

19.9

351

48.3

  By herself alone

479

13.1

286

59.6

  Others

10

0.3

8

80

 Wealth index

  Poorest

965

24.9

412

42.7

  Poorer

860

22.2

445

51.7

  Middle

808

20.8

419

51.9

  Richer

676

17.4

393

58.1

  Richest

567

14.6

436

76.9

 Mass Media Exposure

  Not regular

3154

81.4

1601

50.8

  Regular

722

18.6

504

69.7

Community level characteristics

 Region

  Addis Ababa

95

2.5

90

93.8

  Tigray

279

7.2

227

81.1

  Afar

42

1.1

12

28.6

  Amhara

718

18.5

434

60.4

  Oromia

1712

44.2

722

42.1

  Somali

132

3.4

47

35.6

  Benishangul Gumuz

43

1.1

32

76.2

  SNNPR

818

21.1

517

63.1

  Gambella

10

0.2

6

60

  Harari

10

0.2

5

50

  Dire Dawa

17

0.4

14

82.4

 Residence

  Urban

433

11.2

337

77.8

  Rural

3443

88.8

1768

51.4

 Distance to health facility

  Big Problem

2332

60.2

1114

47.8

  Not a big problem

1545

39.8

991

64.1

  Total

3876

100

2105

54.3

  1. aCatholic, traditional and other unclassified
  2. bDaughter-in-low, sister, other relative, no relation