Table 1 Vaccination status and potential determinants among children aged 12-23 months
From: Why children are not vaccinated against measles: a cross-sectional study in two Nigerian States
| Â | Cross river state | Bauchi state |
|---|---|---|
Number of children in the study | 2836 | 2421 |
| Â | n/N (weighted %) | n/N (weighted %) |
Received measles vaccination | 2332/2790 (81.8) | 1049/2387 (42.0) |
Child factors | Â | Â |
Sex (male) | 1427/2836 (50.8) | 1221/2420 (51.2) |
With birth certificate | 1400/2782 (48.4) | 446/2389 (19.1) |
Household socio-economic status | Â | Â |
Household considers their financial situation to be average or above | 1805/2823 (64.7) | 1918/2406 (80.8) |
Household had enough food in the last week | 2262/2815 (81.2) | 2176/2406 (89.3) |
Father with higher paying occupation | 1211/2830 (42.7) | 490/2385 (20.4) |
Female headed household | 428/2831 (15.2) | 15/2410 (0.6) |
Maternal empowerment | Â | Â |
Mother has an income of her own and takes part in the decision how to spend it | 1243/2680 (47.0) | 1250/2405 (51) |
Mother or caregiver decided about immunising the child | 1995/2754 (73.8) | 184/2361 (8.1) |
Parental education | Â | Â |
Mother with any formal education | 2647/2815 (94.1) | 453/2420 (18.0) |
Father with any formal education | 2556/2691 (95.5) | 841/2390 (33.8) |
Mother with junior secondary or higher education | 1739/2815 (62.9) | 205/2420 (8.8) |
Father with junior secondary or higher education | 1928/2691 (72.5) | 625/2390 (25.7) |
Maternal knowledge and attitudes | Â | Â |
Mother has heard about immunisation | 2544/2563 (99.0) | 2154/2341 (90.5) |
Mother thinks immunising children is worthwhile | 2555/2601 (98.0) | 1997/2383 (83.8) |
Household discussed immunisation at home | 2224/2594 (85.6) | 1777/2377 (74.2) |
Community factors | Â | Â |
Urban community | 953/2836 (32.4) | 406/2421 (19.5) |
Community has an active village health committee | 1479/2670 (56.3) | 584/2402 (17.9) |
Community received immunisation campaign visits apart from polio days | 1711/2542 (66.6) | 643/2312 (29.1) |
Community has a government health facility providing immunisation services | 1601/2771 (57.1) | 1226/2412 (50.2) |