Does mothers’ and caregivers' access to information on their child’s vaccination card impact the timing of their child’s measles vaccination in Uganda?

Griffith, Bridget C.; Cusick, Sarah E.; Searle, Kelly M.; Negoescu, Diana M.; Basta, Nicole E.; Banura, Cecily

doi:10.1186/s12889-022-13113-z

Table 1 Characteristics of survey participants (mothers/caregivers) overall, and by achievement of on-time measles vaccination (MCV1) for the index child

From: Does mothers’ and caregivers' access to information on their child’s vaccination card impact the timing of their child’s measles vaccination in Uganda?

	Total (n = 999)			Among children with a vaccination record who were vaccinated with MCV1 on-time or delayed (n = 475)
	n	%^a	95% CI	Delayed (n = 254)		On-time (n = 221)
	n	%^a	95% CI	n	%^a	n	%^a
Age (years)
Under 20	37	3.7	2.7, 5.1	8	3.2	3	1.4
20–24	267	26.7	24.1, 29.6	59	23.2	78	35.3
25–29	345	34.5	31.6, 37.5	92	36.2	78	35.3
30–34	185	18.5	16.2, 21.1	48	18.9	31	14.0
35+	165	16.5	14.3, 19.0	47	18.5	31	14.0
Age (years) (Median [Range])	27 [17,50]			28 [17,43]		26 [19,45]
Number of living children
1	230	23.0	20.5, 25.7	52	20.5	68	30.8
2	275	27.5	24.8, 30.4	69	27.2	67	30.3
3	223	22.3	19.8, 25.0	68	26.8	42	19.0
4+	271	27.1	24.4, 30.0	65	25.6	44	19.9
Number of living children (Median [Range])	2 [1,13]	2.8	[1,13]	3 [1,9]		2 [1,8]
Tribe
Muganda	532	53.3	50.1, 56.3	132	52.0	122	55.2
Muyankole	138	13.8	11.8, 16.1	36	14.2	30	13.6
Other	328	32.8	30.0, 35.8	86	33.9	69	31.2
Missing	1	0.1
Highest level of education completed
Did not attend/do not know	34	3.4	2.4, 4.7	9	3.5	2	0.9
Primary	382	38.2	35.3, 41.3	96	37.8	69	31.2
Secondary	495	49.6	46.5, 52.7	126	49.6	125	56.6
Post-secondary	85	8.5	6.9, 10.4	23	9.1	24	10.9
Missing	3	0.3		0	0.0	1	0.5
Religion
Catholic	352	35.2	32.3, 38.3	91	35.8	85	38.5
Anglican	232	23.2	20.7, 25.9	62	24.4	45	20.4
Muslim	217	21.7	19.3, 24.4	43	16.9	49	22.2
Other religion	189	18.9	16.6, 21.5	55	21.7	39	17.7
Missing	9	0.9		3	1.2	3	1.4
Relationship status with index child’s father
Currently married or living together	771	77.2	74.5, 79.7	203	79.9	183	82.8
Never married and never living together	88	8.8	7.2, 10.7	21	8.3	16	7.2
Formerly married	138	13.8	11.8, 16.1	30	11.8	22	10.0
Missing	2	0.2
Employed outside the home
No	556	55.7	52.6, 58.7	130	51.2	139	62.9
Yes	442	44.2	41.2, 47.3	124	48.8	82	37.1
Missing	1	0.1

^aPercentages may not equal 100 because of rounding
Abbreviations: CI Confidence Interval

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