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Table 2 Results from bivariate analysis of socio-demographic factors related to incomplete childhood immunization in Arbegona district, southern Ethiopia, 2014

From: Factors associated with incomplete childhood immunization in Arbegona district, southern Ethiopia: a case – control study

Variables

Category

Cases

Controls

Crude OR

P-value

No (%)

No (%)

(95 % CI)

Maternal

≤19

81 (44.5)

32 (8.9)

8.27 (5.19, 13.18)

<0.001*

Age (In years)

>19

101 (55.5)

330 (91.1)

1

 

Occupational status

Housewife

56 (30.7)

118 (32.9)

0.92 (0.61, 1.39)

0.71

Farmer

90 (49.4)

176 (49.1)

1

 

Merchant

14 (7.7)

34 (9.5)

0.80 (0.41, 1.57)

0.52

Other

22 (12)

30 (8.3)

1.43 (0.78, 2.62)

0.24

Monthly income (In ETB)

≤500

122 (67)

217 (59.9)

1

 

500 – 1000

38 (20.8)

101 (27.9)

0.67 (0.43, 1.03)

0.07

≥1000

22 (12)

44 (12.1)

0.89 (0.50, 1.55)

0.68

Mother’s educational status

Illiterate

116 (63.7)

226 (62.4)

1

 

Read and write

13 (7.1)

23 (6.3)

1.10 (0.53, 2.25)

0.79

Elementary

39 (21.4)

75 (20.7)

1.01 (0.64, 1.58)

0.95

Secondary and above

14 (7.7)

38 (10.5)

0.71 (0.37, 1.37)

0.31

Father’s educational status

Illiterate

60 (33.3)

133 (36.7)

1

 

Read and write

29 (16.1)

53 (14.6)

1.21 (0.70, 2.09)

0.48

Elementary

52 (28.8)

98 (27)

1.17 (0.74, 1.85)

0.48

Secondary and above

39 (21.6)

78 (21.5)

1.10 (0.67, 1.81)

0.68

Residence

Rural

160 (87.9)

320 (88.4)

1

 

Urban

22 (12.1)

42 (11.6)

1.04 (0.60, 1.81)

0.86

Family size

≤5

54 (29.6)

175 (48.3)

0.45 (0.30, 0.65)

<0.001*

>5

128 (70.4)

187 (51.7)

1

 

Child sex

Male

107 (58.8)

201 (55.5)

1

 

Female

75 (41.2)

161 (44.5)

0.87 (0.60, 1.24)

0.46

Birth order

1

20 (11.1)

119 (32.8)

1

 

2 – 4

92 (51.1)

153 (42.2)

3.57 (2.08, 6.13)

<0.001*

≥5

68 (37.7)

90 (24.8)

4.49 (2.54, 7.94)

<0.001*

Birth interval (In Months)

≤23

51 (31.4)

66 (27.3)

1.18 (0.75, 1.86)

0.4

24 – 47

93 (57.4)

143 (59)

1

 

>47

18 (11.2)

33 (13.6)

0.83 (0.44, 0.57)

0.5

  1. *Statistically significant at p < 0.05