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Table 6 Binary regression of dropout rate and socio-demographic characteristics of respondents in Techiman Municipality, Ghana, 2016

From: Immunization dropout rate and data quality among children 12–23 months of age in Ghana

Variables

OR (Univariate) (95% CI)

P-value

OR (Multivariate) (95% CI)

P-value

Age of respondent

 ≤19 years

1.0

 

1.0

 

 >19 years

0.59 (0.27–1.27)

0.175

0.45 (0.18–1.14)

0.093

Relationship to child

 Mother

1.0

 

1.0

 

 Not mother

0.94 (0.39–2.29)

0.894

0.83 (0.32–2.17)

0.704

Parity

 1–2 children

1.0

 

1.0

 

 >2 children

1.31 (0.76–2.24)

0.319

1.38 (0.71–2.68)

0.342

Education status

 No formal education

1.0

 

1.0

 

 Formal education

0.70 (0.37–1.29)

0.253

0.97 (0.46–2.07)

0.946

Marital status

 Not married

1.0

 

1.0

 

 Married

0.66 (0.39–1.12)

0.127

0.31 (0.15–0.62)

0.001

Ethnicity

 Akan

1.0

 

1.0

 

 Not Akan

1.21 (0.71–2.04)

0.487

0.62 (0.31–1.27)

0.192

Religion

 Not Christian

1.0

 

1.0

 

 Christian

0.49 (0.29–0.83)

0.008

0.27 (0.13–0.91)

<0.001

Child sex

 Male

1.0

 

1.0

 

 Female

0.60 (0.35–1.02)

0.058

0.50 (0.26–0.91)

0.024

Immunization card possession

 Yes

1.0

 

1.0

 

 No

20.82 (7.50–57.82)

<0.001

50.3 (14.40–175.92)

<0.001

  1. Bold data were statistically significant at 95% CI and P = 0.05