From: Factors related to parents’ adherence to childhood immunization
Characteristic | Mean | SD | Range |
Mother age | 31.54 | 6. 072 | 18–46 |
Father age | 36.48 | 6.152 | 25–55 |
Child age (in month) | 33.60 | 19.432 | 6–72 |
Characteristic | Median (Mode) | Interquartile range | Range |
Number of the children in the family | 2 (2) | 3 | 1–7 |
Childbirth order | 2 (1) | 3 | 1–7 |
Characteristic | Frequency (n) | Percentage (%) | |
Immunization status | |||
Received all required vaccinations | 198 | 90 | |
Not received all required vaccinations (missing immunization) | 22 | 10 | |
Received up to date vaccinations | 108 | 49.1 | |
Received not up to date vaccinations (delayed) | 112 | 50.9 | |
Accessibility to health care centers | |||
Have not difficulty | 202 | 91.8 | |
Have difficulty | 18 | 8.2 | |
Father level of education | |||
Primary | 4 | 1.8 | |
Intermediate school | 3 | 1.4 | |
High school | 69 | 31.4 | |
Diploma | 21 | 9.5 | |
University | 110 | 50 | |
Postgraduate | 13 | 5.9 | |
Mother level of education | |||
Illiterate | 1 | 0.5 | |
Primary | 3 | 1.4 | |
Intermediate school | 4 | 1.8 | |
High school | 32 | 14.5 | |
Diploma | 16 | 7.3 | |
University | 157 | 71.4 | |
Postgraduate | 7 | 3.2 | |
Family income (SR) | |||
Less than 5000 | 16 | 7.3 | |
Between 5000 to 10.000 | 71 | 32.3 | |
From 10.000 to 20.000 | 110 | 50 | |
More than 20.000 | 19 | 8.6 | |
Social support | 1 | 0.5 | |
No income | 3 | 1.4 | |
Father employment | |||
Yes | 206 | 93.6 | |
No | 12 | 5.5 | |
Mother employment | |||
Yes | 87 | 39.5 | |
No | 133 | 60.5 |