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Table 1 Distribution and crude association of full immunization and selected characteristics of respondents (weighted n = 1338)

From: Impact of mother’s education on full immunization of children aged 12–23 months in Eritrea: population and health survey 2010 data analysis

Variable

Weighted No. (Weighted %)

Full Immunization

OR(95% CI)

P-value**

No (%)

Yes (%)

Maternal Education

 No education

597(44.6)

152(25.4)

445(74.6)

1

 

 Primary

298(22.3)

33(11.0)

265(89.0)

2.75(1.74–4.37)

< 0.001

 Middle or above

443(33.1)

43(9.7)

400(90.3)

3.16(2.09–4.78)

< 0.001

Household characteristics

Place of residence

 Urban

428(32.0)

44(10.3)

385(89.8)

1

 

 Rural

910(68.0)

184(20.2)

726(79.8)

0.45(0.30–0.66)

< 0.001

Wealth index

 Poor

536(41.1)

143(26.8)

392(73.2)

1

 

 Middle

292(22.2)

42 (14.3)

250(85.8)

2.20(1.43–3.37)

< 0.001

 Rich

510(36.6)

43(8.4)

468(91.6)

3.75(2.48–5.66)

< 0.001

Region

 DKB

20(1.5)

8(34.5)

13(65.5)

1

 

 SKB

162(12.1)

39(24.1)

122(75.9)

1.66(0.87–3.14)

0.122

 Gash-Bar

331(24.7)

78(23.5)

253(76.5)

1.72(0.96–3.07)

0.07

 Anseba

206(15.4)

35(17.1)

171(82.9)

2.55(1.31–4.96)

0.006

 Debub

382(28.5)

52(13.7)

330(86.3)

3.31(1.88–5.82)

< 0.001

 Maekel

237(17.8)

16(6.9)

221(93.1)

7.14(3.51–14.53)

< 0.001

Mothers characteristics

Age group

 15–24

335(25.0)

62(18.5)

273(81.5)

1

 

 25–29

385(28.8)

57(14.8)

328(85.2)

1.3(0.83–2.04)

0.247

 30–34

289(21.6)

56(19.5)

233(80.5)

0.94(0.58–1.52)

0.796

 35–39

229(17.1)

35(15.1)

194(84.9)

1.27(0.76–2.15)

0.361

 40–49

100(7.5)

18(17.6)

83(82.4)

1.07(0.59–1.94)

0.833

Mothers’ Occupation

 Currently working

1053(79.8)

182(17.2)

872(82.8)

1

 

 Currently not working

267(20.2)

44(16.6)

223(83.4)

1.05(0.72–1.53)

0.81

Marital status

 Currently not married

84(6.3)

15(18.1)

68(81.9)

1

 

 Currently married

1237(93.7)

21,117.0)

1026(83.0)

1.07(0.56–2.04)

0.826

Exposure to mass-media

 Not at all

858(64.2)

163(19.0)

695(81.0)

1

 

VEver exposed

480(35.8)

64(13.4)

415(86.6)

1.52(1.08–2.15)

0.018

Mother’s characteristics

Weighted No. (Weighted %)

Full Immunization

OR(95%CI)

P-value**

No (%)

Yes (%)

Religion

 Christian

780(58.6)

98(12.5)

682(87.5)

1

< 0.001

 Muslim

551(41.4)

129(23.4)

423(76.6)

0.47(0.33–0.66)

 

ANC visit

 No visit

112(8.4)

42(37.4)

70(62.7)

1

 

 1–3

433(32.4)

74(17.1)

359(82.9)

2.89(1.59–5.26)

0.001

 4 or above

793(59.3)

112(14.4)

681(85.6)

3.63(2.08–6.34)

< 0.001

Postnatal check-up

 No

1061(79.4)

189(17.8)

872(82.2)

1

 

 Yes

275(20.6)

39(14.3)

236(85.8)

1.3(0.88–1.91)

0.188

Distance to health facility

 Big problem

495(37.5)

105(21.2)

390(78.8)

1

 

 Not big problem

826(62.5)

122(14.8)

703(85.2)

1.55(1.11–2.16)

0.01

Fathers characteristics

Father’s Education

 No education

456(35.2)

124(27.2)

332(72.8)

1

 

 Primary

249(19.2)

35(13.9)

215(86.1)

2.32(1.44–3.75)

0.001

 Middle

244(18.8)

26(10.7)

218(89.3)

3.13(1.87–5.23)

< 0.001

 Secondary or above

347(26.8)

38(11.6)

308(88.4)

2.91(1.90–4.45)

< 0.001

Father’s Occupation

 Did not work

30(3.0)

5(16.4)

25(83.6)

1

 

 Professional/technical/ managerial..

96(7.3)

8(8.1)

88(91.9)

2.22(0.65–7.59)

0.201

 Clerical/sales/services

603(47.0)

81(13.4)

522(86.6)

1.26(0.48–3.31)

0.632

 Manual

181(13.8)

30(16.6)

151(83.4)

0.99(0.36–2.69)

0.978

 Agriculture

370(29.0)

98(26.5)

272(73.5)

0.54(0.21–1.40

0.207

Child characteristics

Vaccination card

 No

199(14.9)

115(57.5)

85(42.5)

1

 

 Yes

1139(85.1)

113(9.9)

1026(90.1)

12.29(8.43–17.91)

< 0.001

Sex

 Male

699(52.3)

121(17.3)

579(82.7)

1

 

 Female

638(47.7)

107(16.7)

532(83.3)

1.04(0.77–1.40)

0.81

Birth order

 First born

262(19.6)

39(14.9)

223(85.1)

1

 

 2–3

512(38.2)

77(15.0)

434(85.0)

0.99(0.62–1.59)

0.973

 4–5

307(22.9)

57(18.8)

249(81.3)

0.76(0.46–1.26)

0.29

 6+

258(19.3)

54(21.1)

203(78.9)

0.65(0.40–1.07)

0.092

Place of delivery

 Home

514(38.4)

166(20.1)

658(79.9)

1

 

vHealth facility

824(61.6)

62(12.1)

452(87.9)

1.83(1.27–2.64)

0.001

  1. NB. difference in number is due to missing values **p-value from Wald test