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Table 1 Basic characteristics of respondents, Podor health district, June 2020 (n:unweighted N = 832, %:Weighted N = 8026)

From: Vaccination against tuberculosis, polio and hepatitis B at birth in Podor health district, Northern Senegal: cross-sectional study of vaccination coverage and its associated factors

Variables

n

%

Predisposing factors

 Maternal age

   < 20 years

110

12.6

  20–29 years

439

54.7

   > 30 years

283

32.6

 Mother's education

  Yes

338

45.9

  No

494

54.1

 Mother’s marital status

  Married

805

96.2

  Not married

27

3.8

 Profession of the child's father

  Employment

790

94.5

  Unemployed

42

5.5

 Sex of child

  Male

430

53.0

  Female

420

47.0

 Birth order

  1–2

376

45.2

  > 2

456

54.8

 Knowledge about the age for beginning vaccination

  Yes

643

80.0

  No

189

20.0

 Knowledge about the benefits of vaccination

  Yes

749

92.6

  No

83

7.4

 Knowledge about co-administration

  Yes

571

72.1

  No

261

27.9

Enabling factors

 Place of residence

  Urban

202

27.2

  Rural

630

72.8

 Distance

   < 5 km

534

70.1

   ≥ 5 km

298

29.9

 Access to newspaper

  Yes

116

24.6

  No

716

75.4

 Access to radio

  Yes

582

73.8

  No

250

26.2

 Access to television

  Yes

360

46.9

  No

472

53.1

 Decision-making power

  Me/me and my husband

802

97.5

  Other

30

2.5

 Means of transport

  On walk

451

61.9

  Transportations

381

38.1

 Beneficiary of family allowance

  Yes

46

7.7

  No

786

92.3

 Access to health insurance

  Yes

41

5.0

  No

791

95.0

 Quintile

  Poorest

166

22.1

  Poor

167

21.1

  Middle

166

22.7

  Richer

167

19.3

  Richest

166

14.8

 Availability of the HBR

  No

35

3.5

  Yes not seen

56

5.3

  Yes seen

741

91.2

 Timely initiation of BF

  Immediately (≤ 1 h)

715

86.3

  Beyond one hour

117

13.7

 Place of birth

  Health facility

574

68.8

  Home

258

31.2

 Year of birth

  2018

419

48.7

  2019

413

51.3

 Season of birth

  Rainy season

187

20.3

  Dry season

645

79.7

Need factors

 Number of ANC

  0–3

406

46.4

   ≥ 4

426

53.6

 Advice on vaccination during ANC

  Yes

665

82.4

  No

167

17.6

 Hospitalization of the newborn

  Yes

193

23.6

  No

639

76.4

 Newborn weighing at birth

  Yes

695

87.7

  No / don't know

137

12.3

 Gestational age

  Full-term

816

98.0

  Prematurity

16

2.0

 Mode of delivery

  Cesarean section

82

12.9

  Vaginal delivery

750

87.1

 PNC

  Yes

677

84.9

  No / don't know

155

15.1

 Advice during PNC

  Yes

700

87.2

  No / don't know

132

12.8