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Table 4 The conditional probability of receiving the three doses of hepatitis B vaccine among the children by background characteristics, India, 2015–16

From: Hepatitis B vaccination coverage across India: exploring the spatial heterogeneity and contextual determinants

Background Characteristics

Conditional probability

Pr[Hep B=Yes|X]

Child’s age in months

 12–23

0.62

 24–35

0.59

 36–47

0.53

 48–59

0.47

Birth order

 1

0.55

 2_3

0.5

 4_5

0.42

 6+

0.35

Sex

 Male

0.5

 Female

0.5

Child lives with whom

 Mother

0.5

 Lives Elsewhere

0.36

Mother’s education

 No Education

0.41

 Primary or less

0.48

 Secondary or less

0.55

 Higher

0.6

Caste

 SC

0.52

 ST

0.45

 Others

0.52

Religion

 Hindu

0.51

 Muslim

0.46

 Christian

0.44

 Others*

0.63

Wealth quintiles

 Poorest

0.42

 Poorer

0.48

 Middle

0.53

 Richer

0.56

 Richest

0.61

Place of Residence

 Rural

0.49

 Urban

0.54

Place of Vaccination

 Public

0.93

 Private

0.07

Year of birth

 2010

0.06

 2011

0.17

 2012

0.25

 2013

0.27

 2014

0.2

 2015

0.05

Region

 North

0.56

 Central

0.44

 East

0.57

 North East

0.44

 West

0.45

 South

0.59

  1. * Denotes the other religious groups like Sikh, Buddhist/Neo-Buddhist, Jain, Jewish, Parsi/Zoroastrian & No religion