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Table 4 Socio-demographic and economic characteristics of respondents in Amanuel district, east-central Ethiopia, 2014

From: Mothers’ health service utilization and attitude were the main predictors of incomplete childhood vaccination in east-central Ethiopia: a case-control study

Variables

Incomplete childhood vaccination

 

Yes

N (%)

No

N (%)

Residency

 Urban

30 (20.1%)

36 (23.7%)

 Rural

119 (79.9%)

116 (76.3%)

Child’s caretaker

  

 Mother

140 (93.3%)

151 (99.3%)

 Grandparent

10 (6.7%)

1 (.7%)

Marital status

 Married

137 (91.3%)

151 (99.3%)

 Divorced/separated

9 (6.0%)

1(0.7%)

 Widowed

2 (1.3%)

0 (.0%)

Caretakers’ age (years)

  < 26

29 (19.7%)

48 (31.6%)

 27–34

88 (59.9%)

98 (64.5%)

  > 35

30 (20.4%)

6 (3.9%)

Educational status

 No education

105 (70.0%)

97 (63.8%)

 Primary [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8]

20 (13.3%)

32 (21.1%)

 Secondary [9,10,11,12]

10 (6.7%)

6 (3.9%)

 College and above

15 (10.0%)

17 (11.2%)

Child sex

 Male

96 (64.0%)

59 (39.1%)

 Female

54(36.0%)

92 (60.9%)

Child age (months)

 12–18

78 (52.0%)

105 (69.1%)

 19–23

72 (48.0%)

47 (30.9%)

Parity

 One

10 (6.7%)

27 (17.9%)

 Two

28 (18.8%)

53 (35.1%)

 More than three

111 (74.5%)

71 (47.0%)

Birth order

 1

19 (12.7%)

36 (23.7%)

 2–3

95 (63.3%)

97 (63.8%)

  ≥ 4

36 (24.0%)

19 (12.5%)

Birth interval (in month)

 4–36

39 (26.2%)

58 (38.4%)

  ≥ 37

8 (5.4%)

5 (3.3%)

Family size

  ≤ 3

37 (24.7%)

78 (51.3%)

  ≥ 4

113 (75.3%)

74 (48.7%)

Wealth index

 Poor

51 (34.0%)

51 (33.6%)

 Medium

36 (24.0%)

33 (21.7%)

 Rich

63 (42.0%)

68 (44.7%)