Regional inequality and vaccine uptake: a multilevel analysis of the 2007 Welfare Monitoring Survey in Malawi

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Table 1 Regional variations in vaccine coverage, deliveries attended by trained personnel and permanent dwelling. Percent. (N)

	Vaccine coverage. Percent fully vaccinated¹	Number of observations¹	Percent living in permanent dwelling – 2007²	Percent delivered by trained personell 2007 – 2008³
Total	33	17868	41	42
Likoma	83	18	-	-
Nsanje	74	470	31	61
Salima	64	534	47	51
Ntcheu	60	616	70	50
Kasungu	57	775	52	25
Chikwawa	56	550	54	39
Mwanza	55	479	62	60
Chiradzulu	52	568	61	49
Ntchisi	46	571	68	43
Dedza	39	812	58	32
Dowa	38	595	56	38
Phalombe	38	626	63	56
Lilongwe/Lilongwe city	37	1558	36	43
Thyolo	36	712	78	40
Mzimba/Mzuzu city	30	1037	60	47
Machinga	29	604	83	60
Zomba/Zomba city	26	1151	60	41
Karonga	25	658	49	34
Blantyre/Blantyre city	21	794	36	30
Mulanje	14	490	77	44
Nkhotakota	14	585	33	41
Balaka	14	546	59	42
Mangochi	11	1014	49	34
Mchinji	9	685	60	42
Chitipa	6	483	68	53
Nkhata bay	6	475	52	37
Rumphi	2	462	41	100

¹Source: 2007 welfare monitoring survey. Missing observations for vaccine coverage was 2.1% (N=383).
²Source: Ministry of health and population. Table 3.9, Malawi Statistical yearbook 2009. Reproductive health care by district july 2007 – june 2008: http://www.nso.malawi.net/images/stories/data_on_line/general/yearbook/Yearbook_2009/Chapter%203.xls.
³Source: Table 5.3, p.52 in The 2008 Malawi Population and Housing Main report: http://www.nso.malawi.net/images/stories/data_on_line/demography/census_2008/Main%20Report/ThematicReports/Spatial%20Distribution%20and%20Urbanisation.pdf.

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