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Table 3 Factors associated with vaccinations (measles, yellow fever, complete immunization) of children aged 12–35 months - weighted logistic regressions (Senegal DHS 2017 - n = 4032)

From: Vaccination card availability and childhood immunization in Senegal

 

Measles

Yellow fever

Complete immunization†

Vaccinationcard n = 2973

p

No card n = 1059

p

Vaccination card n = 2973

p

No card n = 1059

p

Vaccination card n = 2973

p

No card n = 1059

p

aOR 95% CI†

aOR 95% CI‡

aOR 95% CI†

aOR 95% CI‡

aOR 95% CI†

aOR 95% CI‡

Age of the child at interview (ref. 12–23 mths

 24–36 months

NS

 

1.69[1.16;2.47]

0.007

1.44[1.14;1.82]

0.002

1.57[1.09;2.27]

0.015

1.36[1.11;1.67]

0.003

NS

 

Sex of the child (ref. male)

 Female

NS

 

NS

 

NS

 

NS

 

NS

 

NS

 

Birth order (ref. 1)

 2

NS

 

NS

 

NS

 

NS

 

NS

 

NS

 

 3+

Mother’s age at child birth (ref. 20–30)

 15–19

0.62[0.44;0.88]

0.007

NS

 

NS

 

NS

 

NS

 

NS

 

 30+

0.79[0.62;1.00]

0.052

Mother’s education level (ref. no education)

 Primary

1.37[1.02;1.84]

0.037

1.71[1.03;2.87]

0.040

1.46[1.09;1.94]

0.010

1.47[0.90;2.39]

0.122

1.12[0.87;1.44]

0.387

NS

 

 Secondary or higher

1.76[1.21;2.55]

0.003

4.24[1.85;9.71]

0.001

2.03[1.41;2.93]

< 0.001

3.89[1.77;8.58]

0.001

1.70[1.22;2.37]

0.002

Mother’s exposure to media

 Less than once a week

1.45[0.96;2.20]

0.077

2.23[1.25;3.97]

0.007

1.33[0.88;2.00]

0.173

2.35[1.32;4.19]

0.004

1.25[0.87;1.80]

0.233

2.45[1.28;4.71]

0.007

 At least once a week

1.90[1.30;2.78]

0.001

3.59[2.09;6.17]

< 0.001

1.71[1.17;2.48]

0.005

3.10[1.81;5.28]

< 0.001

1.55[1.09;2.21]

0.014

2.53[1.38;4.62]

0.003

Mother’s ethnic group (ref. Wolof)

 Puular

1.03[0.76;1.40]

0.831

0.42[0.25;0.71]

0.001

0.97[0.72;1.29]

0.818

0.57[0.35;0.94]

0.028

1.05[0.81;1.36]

0.709

0.42[0.28;0.63]

< 0.001

 Serer

1.50[1.06;2.14]

0.023

0.74[0.37;1.44]

0.372

1.59[1.12;2.25]

0.009

0.89[0.47;1.69]

0.722

1.63[1.20;2.22]

0.002

1.16[0.76;1.77]

0.487

 Manding

0.54[0.34;0.84]

0.007

0.25[0.12;0.50]

< 0.001

0.51[0.33;0.78]

0.002

0.36[0.18;0.70]

0.003

0.68[0.45;1.01]

0.057

0.63[0.34;1.17]

0.145

 Other

0.91[0.61;1.37]

0.661

0.46[0.23;0.92]

0.027

0.93[0.62;1.37]

0.701

0.68[0.35;1.31]

0.248

1.20[0.83;1.72]

0.329

0.57[0.35;0.94]

0.027

Household wealth quintile (ref. middle)

 Poorest

NS

 

2.07[1.18;3.64]

0.011

NS

 

1.60[0.90;2.84]

0.110

0.86[0.64;1.17]

0.342

0.53[0.33;0.85]

0.014

 Poorer

3.32[1.85;5.96]

< 0.001

2.44[1.37;4.33]

0.003

1.01[0.75;1.35]

0.960

0.98[0.64;1.50]

0.920

 Richer

2.16[1.09;4.28]

0.027

2.99[1.49;5.98]

0.002

1.37[0.97;1.92]

0.071

1.33[0.83;2.10]

0.303

 Richest

4.10[1.43;11.81]

0.009

4.89[1.82;13.17]

0.002

2.31[1.54;3.47]

< 0.001

1.29[0.79;2.11]

0.337

Place of delivery (ref. at health facility)

 At home

NS

 

0.45[0.29;0.69]

< 0.001

NS

 

0.34[0.23;0.52]

< 0.001

NS

 

NS

 

Mother attended antenatal care (ref. no)

 Yes

NS

 

7.17[2.75;18.72]

< 0.001

NS

 

5.20[2.02;13.39]

< 0.001

NS

 

NS

 

Postnatal check-up within 3 months (ref. no)

 Yes

NS

 

2.85[1.84;4.42]

< 0.001

1.39[1.04;1.85]

0.025

3.14[2.05;4.81]

< 0.001

1.35[1.04;1.75]

0.025

1.56[1.03;2.35]

0.337

Place of residence (ref. urban)

 Rural

NS

 

NS

 

NS

 

1.68[1.01;2.80]

0.047

NS

 

NS

 

Region (ref. North)

 West

1.41[0.96;2.07]

0.078

NS

 

1.37[0.94;1.99]

0.098

NS

 

1.16[0.82;1.64]

0.404

0.40[0.26;0.63]

< 0.001

 Center

0.64[0.45;0.92]

0.078

0.62[0.44;0.87]

0.006

0.74[0.55;1.00]

0.051

0.53[0.34;0.82]

0.004

 South

1.07[0.72;1.59]

0.738

0.95[0.65;1.39]

0.806

0.90[0.65;1.26]

0.544

0.58[0.37;0.92]

0.022

  1. †: Adjusted odds ratios with 95% confidence intervals (estimated using a weighted logistic regression model) among mothers who presented the vaccination card to the interviewer
  2. ‡: Adjusted odds ratios with 95% confidence intervals (estimated using a weighted logistic regression model) among mothers who did not present the vaccination card to the interviewer
  3. NS non statistically significant (p > 0.05) after stepwise selection
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