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Table 5 Risk factors for delay in receipt of BCG, DPT3, Measles and delay of any vaccines

From: Risk factors for delay in age-appropriate vaccinations among Gambian children

Vaccine/Variables

n/N

Unadjusted OR

Adjusted OR

(95 % CI)

(95 % CI)

BCG

 Mother’s Occupation

 

p = 0.02

p = 0.02

  Unemployed

58/883

1

1

  Traders

6/166

0.53 (0.23–1.26)

0.46 (0.18–1.18)

  Civil servants

1/86

0.17 (0.02–1.22)

0.18 (0.02–1.30)

DPT3

   

 Mother’s Occupationa

 

p = 0.06

p = 0.05

  Unemployed

537/894

1

1

  Traders

112/167

1.35 (0.96–1.91)

1.41 (0.98–2.02)

  Civil servants

45/86

0.73 (0.47–1.14)

0.73 (0.47–1.16)

 Place of birtha

 

p = 0.009

p = 0.03

  Health facility

543/922

1

1

  Home

138/201

1.53 (1.10–2.12)

1.47 (1.05–2.07)

 Mode of transportationa

 

p = 0.001

p = 0.001

  Walking

302/546

1

1

  Private transport

4/10

0.54 (0.15–1.93)

0.50 (0.14–1.83)

  Public transport

368/562

1.53 (1.20–1.95)

1.54 (1.20–1.97)

 Birth Ordera

 

p = 0.007

p = 0.02

  ≤2

292/519

1

1

  >2

386/601

1.40 (1.10–1.78)

1.37 (1.04–1.79)

 Delayed DPT1a

 

p < 0.0001

p = 0.52

  No

33/455

1

1

  Yes

214/693

5.7 (3.87–8.43)

0.73 (0.27–1.93)

 Delayed DPT2a

 

p < 0.0001

p < 0.0001

  No

60/455

1

1

  Yes

516/693

19.19 (13.92–26.45)

15.14 (10.32–22.22)

Measles

   

 Father’s Educational levela

 

p = 0.005

p = 0.04

  No formal education

52/203

1

1

  Primary school

80/379

0.78 (0.52–1.16)

0.78 (0.51–1.19)

  >Primary school

83/531

0.54 (0.36–0.80)

0.54 (0.35–0.82)

 Delayed DPT1a

 

p = 0.0002

p = 0.01

  No

150/890

1

1

  Yes

68/243

1.92 (1.38–2.67)

1.58 (1.10–2.26)

 Delayed DPT3a

 

p < 0.0001

p = 0.001

  No

59/450

1

1

  Yes

158/682

2.00 (1.44–2.77)

1.80 (1.27–2.56)

Delay in any vaccines

   

 Birth Ordera

 

p = 0.03

p = 0.05

  ≤2

313/521

1

1

  >2

401/603

1.32 (1.03–1.68)

1.27 (0.99–1.64)

 Place of birtha

 

p = 0.003

p = 0.005

  Health facility

572/926

1

1

  Home

146/201

1.64 (1.17–2.30)

1.66 (1.16–2.37)

 Mode of transportationa

 

p = 0.002

p = 0.006

  Walking

325/549

1

1

  Private transport

3/10

0.30 (0.08–1.15)

0.34 (0.06–1.88)

  Public transport

381/564

1.43 (1.12–1.83)

1.45 (1.12–1.86)

  1. aMissing data