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Table 3 Healthcare characteristics of participants and index children 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

n

%a

Location of birth of index child

 Public hospital/clinic

710

71.1

68.2, 73.8

194

76.4

153

69.2

 Private hospital

230

23.0

20.5, 25.7

51

20.1

59

26.7

 At home

56

5.6

4.3, 7.2

9

3.5

9

4.1

 Missing

3

0.3

     

Number of antenatal care visits

 No visits

12

1.2

0.7, 2.1

2

0.8

1

0.5

 Less than four

235

23.5

21.0, 26.3

65

25.6

49

22.2

 Four visits

400

40.0

37.0, 43.1

85

33.5

96

43.4

 More than four visits

349

34.9

32.0, 37.9

102

40.2

75

33.9

 Missing

3

0.3

     

Who makes medical care decisions for the index child?

 Mother/caregiver alone

185

18.5

16.2, 21.1

43

16.9

34

15.4

 Mother/caregiver and spouse

666

66.7

63.7, 69.5

181

71.3

159

72.0

 Spouse alone

64

6.4

5.0, 8.1

13

5.1

10

4.5

 Other

79

7.9

6.4, 9.8

16

6.3

17

7.7

 Nobody does/blank/missing

5

0.5

 

1

0.4

1

0.5

Moved to Rubaga in index child’s lifetime

 No

755

77.0

74.3, 79.5

196

77.2

183

82.8

 Yes

225

22.5

20.0, 25.2

58

22.8

34

15.4

 Missing

19

0.5

   

4

1.8

  1. aPercentage may not equal 100 due to rounding
  2. Abbreviations: CI Confidence Interval