Table 5 Adjusted odds ratios of incomplete immunization (by card plus parents’ recall) in children aged 12–23 months, Dschang (Cameroon), Nov. 2013
Independent variable | AORa | 95 % CI | p | AORb | 95 % CI | p-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Children characteristics | Immunization card (yes vs. no) | 1.59 | 0.8 | 3.15 | 0.18 | 7.89 | 1.08 | 57.37 | 0.04 |
Birth order (≥3rd vs. ≤2nd) | 38.27 | 14.6 | 100.36 | <0.01 | 425.47 | 9.62 | 18808.1 | <0.01 | |
Place of birth (home vs. health facilities) | 73.62 | 5.57 | 972.42 | <0.01 | NI | ||||
Parents’ characteristics | Mother’s age group (≤24 vs. ≥25) | 10.5 | 4.3 | 25.59 | <0.01 | 49.55 | 1.59 | 1544.5 | 0.03 |
Father’s age group (≤24 vs. ≥25) | NI | NI | |||||||
Mother’s education (secondary vs. primary) | 3.75 | 1.14 | 12.33 | 0.03 | NI | ||||
Mother’s education (High school/University vs. primary) | 5.86 | 1.58 | 21.83 | <0.01 | |||||
Father’s education (secondary vs. primary) | NI | NI | |||||||
Father’s education (High school/University vs. primary) | |||||||||
Mother’s occupation (Unemployed vs. Farmer ) | NI | NI | |||||||
Mother’s occupation (Trader vs. Farmer) | |||||||||
Mother’s occupation (Craftsman vs. Farmer) | |||||||||
Mother’s occupation (Official vs. Farmer) | |||||||||
Mother’s occupation (Professionals vs. farmer) | |||||||||
Father’s occupation (Unemployed vs. Farmer) | NI | NI | |||||||
Father’s occupation (Trader vs. Farmer) | |||||||||
Father’s occupation (Craftsman vs Farmer) | |||||||||
Father’s occupation (Official vs. Farmer) | |||||||||
Father’s occupation (Professionals vs. Farmer) | |||||||||
Parent’s Religion (Catholic vs. Protestant) | NI | NI | |||||||
Parent’s Religion (Atheists vs. Protestant) | |||||||||
Parent’s Religion (Muslims vs. Protestant) | |||||||||
Number of pre-natal visits (≤2 vs. ≥3) | 40.98 | 14.4 | 116.63 | <0.01 | 8.25 | 1.07 | 63.75 | 0.04 | |
Number of post-natal visits (0 vs. ≥1) | NI | NI | |||||||
Household characteristics | Family ethnic group (local/Bamiléké vs. other) | NI | NI | ||||||
Type of family (Single-parent vs. 2-partens) | 13.96 | 5.72 | 34.08 | <0.01 | 3.87 | 0.53 | 28.48 | 0.18 | |
Socio-economic tertiles (Poorest vs. Middle) | NI | NI | |||||||
Socio-economic tertiles (Poorest vs. Richest) | |||||||||
Distance to vaccination centre (≥8 Km vs. ≤7) | 4.96 | 2.18 | 11.29 | <0.01 | 6.44 | 1 | 41.39 | 0.05 | |
N° of <5-ywears old in the family (≥3 vs. ≤2) | 12.02 | 4.83 | 29.9 | <0.01 | NI | ||||
Family-living time in Dschang (≤2 vs. 3–6 years) | 6.24 | 2.36 | 16.5 | <0.01 | NI | ||||
Family-living time in Dschang (≤2 vs. ≥7 years) | 2.63 | 0.99 | 6.97 | 0.05 | |||||
Parents’ perceptions, knowledge and attitudes | Vaccination knowledge score (poor vs. good) | 9.12 | 1.72 | 48.35 | <0.01 | 8.88 | 0.57 | 137.15 | 0.12 |
Attitude towards immunization (negative vs. positive) | 8.27 | 2.95 | 23.17 | <0.01 | 20.2 | 1.46 | 278.91 | 0.03 | |
Opinion of Dschang immunization services (bad vs. good) | 9.16 | 3.13 | 26.77 | <0.01 | 4.03 | 0.7 | 23.35 | 0.12 | |
Parents regularly informed on vaccinations (absent vs. present) | 18.35 | 5.94 | 56.73 | <0.01 | 28.07 | 2.26 | 348.13 | <0.01 | |