Vaccination dropout rates among children aged 12-23 months in Democratic Republic of the Congo: a cross-sectional study

Table 4 Comparison of sociodemographic characteristics and perceptions based on vaccination dropout status using Chi-square test, Mont Ngafula II health district, DRC, 2019

Variables		No Dropout		Dropout		Total	p
Variables		N	%	N	%	N
Children characteristics
Child sex	Female	115	54.8	95	45.2	210	0.914
	Male	115	55.3	93	44.7	208
Birth order	≤2nd	101	52.1	93	47.9	194	0.257
	≥3rd	129	57.6	95	42.4	224
Card possession	No	15	35.7	27	64.3	42	0.008
	Yes	215	57.2	161	42.8	376
Respondents’ characteristics
Age	≤ 19 years	16	50.0	16	50.0	32	0.148
	20-29 years	124	59.3	85	40.7	209
	≥ 30 years	90	50.8	87	49.2	177
Education level	Primary	38	51.4	36	48.6	74	0.247
	Secondary	168	57.5	124	42.5	292
	Tertiary	24	46.2	28	53.8	52
Occupation	Professional	16	57.1	12	42.9	28	0.718
	Trader	62	59.6	42	40.4	104
	Unemployed	121	53.1	107	46.9	228
	Other	31	53.4	27	46.6	58
Household characteristics
Place of residence	Rural	75	49.3	77	50.7	152	0.078
	Urbain	155	58.3	111	41.7	266
Type of family	Single parent family	42	53.8	36	46.2	78	0.817
	2-parents family	188	55.3	152	44.7	340
Number of children	≤2	214	55.6	171	44.4	385	0.431
	≥3	16	48.5	17	51.5	33
Respondents’ perceptions
Attitude of health staff	Negative	7	28.0	18	72.0	25	0.005
	Positive	223	56.7	170	43.3	393
Availability of seats	No	2	9.5	19	90.5	21	<0.001
	Yes	228	57.4	169	42.6	397
Respect of the order of arrival	No	8	19.0	34	81.0	42	<0.001
	Yes	222	59.0	154	41.0	376
Waiting time	>1 h	188	54.2	159	45.8	347	0.443
	<1 h	42	59.2	29	40.8	71
Reminder system	No	116	47.2	130	52.8	246	<0.001
	Yes	114	66.3	58	33.7	172

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