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Table 3 Association between socio-demographic factors and full immunisation status (assessed at 12–23 months) in Rural, Urban formal and slum residence of Nigeria, Multilevel logistic regression analysis (DHS 2003, 2008 and 2013 data)

From: The role of place of residency in childhood immunisation coverage in Nigeria: analysis of data from three DHS rounds 2003–2013

Variable /Category

Model 3 of places of residence

Rural (n = 7920)

Urban formal (n = 2087)

Slum (n = 1836)

Adjusted Odd ratio / (95% C.I)

Adjusted Odd ratio / (95% C.I)

Adjusted Odd ratio / (95% C.I)

CHILD

Birth order

  > =6

1.00

1.00

1.00

 1

1.30 (0.81,2.08)

2.43 (1.01,5.87)

5.39 (1.37,21.29)

 2–3

1.15 (0.78,1.68)

1.50 (0.72,3.12)

3.00 (1.00,9.13)

 4–5

0.94 (0.66,1.34)

1.38 (0.69,2.75)

2.05 (0.78,5.40)

Place of delivery

 Home

1.00

1.00

1.00

 Health facility

1.47 (1.12,1.94)

2.62 (1.43,4.79)

5.39 (2.18,13.33)

Antenatal attendance

 No

1.00

1.00

1.00

 Yes

8.37 (5.34,13.12)

6.82 (2.29,20.34)

8.07 (2.15,30.25)

 Don’t know

5.07 (3.06,8.41)

2.89 (0.94,8.88)

5.19 (1.21,22.37)

HOUSEHOLD

Maternal education level

 No education

1.00

1.00

1.00

 Primary

1.67 (1.19,2.35)

1.77 (0.83,3.79)

2.48 (1.02,6.05)

 Secondary

2.49 (1.68,3.69)

4.57 (1.94,10.79)

4.46 (1.68,11.82)

 Higher

4.99 (2.48,10.06)

9.18 (3.05,27.64)

5.03 (1.52,16.65)

Sex of Household head

 Male

1.00

1.00

1.00

 Female

1.09 (0.76,1.54)

1.04 (0.60,1.94)

1.55 (0.62,3.86)

Religion

 Islam

1.00

1.00

1.00

 Christian

2.63 (1.79,3.86)

1.59 (0.89,2.86)

5.69 (2.09,15.45)

 Traditionalist/ others

0.20 (0.09,0.45)

0.40 (0.10,1.18)

0.28 (0.09,0.88)

Mother employment status

 No

1.00

1.00

1.00

 Yes

1.16 (0.81,1.67)

1.78 (0.80,3.98)

0.41 (0.13,1.30)

Maternal age at the child’s birth

 14–19

1.00

1.00

1.00

 20–29

1.76 (1.17,2.66)

5.25 (1.86,14.85)

2.18 (0.70,6.84)

 30–39

2.19 (1.32,3.63)

6.64 (2.03,21.75)

2.63 (0.66,10.53)

 40–49

2.05 (1.02,4.13)

9.87 (2.01,48.59)

5.40 (0.80,36.48)

Current marital status

 Never married

1.00

1.00

1.00

 Married/partner

0.80 (0.42,1.54)

1.48 (0.42,5.22)

0.19 (0.03,1.33)

 No longer together

1.14 (0.47,2.78)

2.93 (0.52,16.60)

0.05 (0.03,0.82)

Decision maker on spending of mothers income

 No income mother /missing

1.00

1.00

1.00

 Mother alone

1.05 (0.73,1.50)

1.04 (0.48,2.26)

4.52 (1.34,15.30)

 mother& spouse

1.42 (0.94,2.15)

0.65 (0.27,1.56)

3.00 (0.82,10.97)

 spouse alone

0.80 (0.48,1.36)

0.43 (0.15,1.20)

2.17 (0.51,9.15)

Media exposure

 No

1.00

1.00

1.00

 Yes

1.91 (1.43,2.54)

1.35 (0.65,2.79)

2.49 (0.95,6.53)

Household wealth

 Poor

1.00

1.00

1.00

 Moderate

1.16 (0.91,1.48)

0.80 (0.50,1.27)

0.89 (0.51,1.57)

 Rich

1.41 (0.87,2.29)

0.70 (0.32,1.53)

1.83 (0.22,15.58)

COMMUNITY

Region

 Northcentral

1.00

1.00

1.00

 Northeast

0.61 (0.39,0.95)

0.56 (0.20,1.55)

0.21 (0.07,0.66)

 Northwest

0.26 (0.16,0.44)

0.85 (0.33,2.14)

0.20 (0.06,0.67)

 Southeast

1.15 (0.70,1.92)

3.01 (1.19,7.57)

0.37 (0.11,1.21)

 Southsouth

1.73 (1.11,2.71)

5.61 (1.88,16.71)

0.41 (0.13,1.21)

 Southwest

0.85 (0.51,1.43)

1.12 (0.54,2.33)

0.88 (0.34,2.31)

Distance to nearest Health Facility

 Big problem

1.00

1.00

1.00

 No/Not a big problem

1.76 (1.35,2.29)

1.77 (0.99,3.17)

2.21 (0.95,5.13)

Household variance (S.E)

0.104(0.164)

0.003(0.141)

0.131 (0.277)

Household ICC

0.245

0.090

0.098

Community variance (S.E)

0.212(0.135)*

0.343 (.123)*

0.374 (0.139)

Community ICC

0.200

0.095

0.133

Goodness of fit- AIC

5457

2185

1941

  1. S.E standard error; AIC Akaike information criterion; ICC Intra Class Correlation; C.I Confidence interval:*p- Value < 0.05