Table 2 Specification and descriptive statistics of the variables of the study
Variables | Specifications | Full immunization (column %) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1991 | 1998 | 2004 | 2011 | ||
Bio-demographic characteristics | |||||
Vaccination card | |||||
Card | 1 if the child has a vaccination card: 0 otherwise | 99.35 | 98.38 | 93.99 | 93.61 |
No card | 1 if the child does not have a vaccination card: 0 otherwise | 0.65 | 1.62 | 6.01 | 6.39 |
Gender of the child | |||||
Male | 1 if the child is male: 0 otherwise | 53.00 | 51.16 | 49.54 | 48.74 |
Female | 1 if the child is female; 0 otherwise | 47.00 | 48.84 | 50.46 | 51.26 |
Child’s birth order | |||||
Order 1 | 1 if the child is of Order 1; 0 otherwise | 14.75 | 22.45 | 21.56 | 19.96 |
Order 2 | 1 if the child is of Order 2; 0 otherwise | 17.02 | 18.06 | 19.40 | 20.15 |
Order 3 | 1 if the child is of Order 3; 0 otherwise | 15.40 | 13.66 | 16.02 | 17.30 |
Order 4 | 1 if the child is of Order 4; 0 otherwise | 13.94 | 13.43 | 12.53 | 13.35 |
Order 5 | 1 if the child is of Order 5; 0 otherwise | 10.53 | 12.04 | 9.50 | 10.04 |
Order 6 | 1 if the child is of Order 6; 0 otherwise | 9.40 | 7.41 | 7.03 | 7.07 |
Order 7 and beyond | 1 if the child is of Order 7; 0 otherwise | 18.96 | 12.96 | 13.96 | 12.13 |
Birth weight | |||||
Low | 1 if the child is born with less than 2500 g; 0 otherwise | 8.43 | 7.87 | 8.01 | 8.35 |
high | 1 if the child is born with more than 2500 g; 0 otherwise | 67.26 | 66.67 | 60.57 | 66.20 |
Not weighed | 1 if the child was not weighed at birth: 0 otherwise | 12.80 | 22.45 | 26.13 | 22.63 |
Does not know | 1 if the mother does not know the child’s weight: 0 otherwise | 11.51 | 3.01 | 5.29 | 2.83 |
Mother’s characteristics | |||||
Mother’s age | |||||
15–19 | 1 If the mother is in the 15–19 age group: 0 otherwise | 3.89 | 5.56 | 4.93 | 4.03 |
20–24 | 1 If the mother is of the 20–24 age group: 0 otherwise | 18.48 | 26.62 | 24.38 | 20.78 |
25–29 | 1 If the mother is of the 25–29 age group: 0 otherwise | 29.66 | 29.17 | 27.98 | 29.34 |
30–34 | 1 If the mother is in the 30–34 age group: 0 otherwise | 23.18 | 21.06 | 20.79 | 22.76 |
V35–39 | 1 If the mother is in the 35–39 age group: 0 otherwise | 15.88 | 12.27 | 12.47 | 14.90 |
40–49 | 1 If the mother is in the 40–49 age group: 0 otherwise | 8.91 | 5.32 | 9.45 | 8.19 |
Religion | |||||
Traditional Christian | 1 if the religion is catholic or protestant: 0 otherwise | 84.28 | 82.18 | 75.10 | 78.84 |
Reformist religion | 1 if the mother is a Muslim or another: 0 otherwise | 15.72 | 9.26 | 13.96 | 15.50 |
No religion | 1 if the mother has no religion: 0 otherwise | 0 | 8.56 | 10.93 | 5.66 |
Level of education | |||||
No level | 1If the mother has no level of education: 0 otherwise | 19.94 | 16.20 | 16.02 | 13.76 |
Primary | 1If the mother has a primary level of education: 0 otherwise | 45.22 | 45.14 | 50.41 | 46.86 |
Secondary | 1If the mother has a secondary level of education: 0 otherwise | 32.58 | 37.73 | 31.78 | 35.57 |
Higher education | 1If the mother has a higher education level: 0 otherwise | 2.27 | 0.93 | 1.69 | 3.81 |
Marital status | |||||
Not in a relationship | 1 if the mother is single: 0 otherwise | 10.05 | 17.13 | 9.80 | 13.82 |
In a relationship | 1 if the mother is in a relationship: 0 otherwise | 89.95 | 82.87 | 90.20 | 86.18 |
Media exposure | |||||
Not exposed | 1 if the mother has no media exposure: 0 otherwise | 31.77 | 49.77 | 32.75 | 25.67 |
Limited exposure | 1 if the mother has limited media exposure: 0 otherwise | 25.12 | 24.07 | 26.75 | 25.78 |
High exposure | 1 if the mother is highly exposed to the media: 0 otherwise | 43.11 | 26.16 | 40.50 | 48.55 |
Mother’s occupation | |||||
For the family | 1 if the mother works for the family: 0 otherwise | 8.59 | 2.78 | 11.14 | 6.47 |
For others | 1 if the mother works for others: 0 otherwise | 17.34 | 7.41 | 7.80 | 10.47 |
Self-employed | 1 if the mother is self-employed: 0 otherwise | 74.07 | 89.81 | 81.06 | 83.06 |
Prenatal visits | |||||
No follow-up | 1If the mother had no prenatal follow-up: 0 otherwise | 8.27 | 10.19 | 4.72 | 2.91 |
Incomplete follow-up | 1If the mother had less than 4 follow-ups during the pregnancy: 0 otherwise | 20.58 | 20.14 | 11.60 | 11.94 |
Complete follow-up | 1If the mother had at least 4 follow-ups: 0 otherwise | 71.15 | 69.68 | 83.68 | 85.15 |
Characteristics of the household | |||||
Place of residence | |||||
Urban | 1 if the household resides in an urban area: 0 otherwise | 62.24 | 40.28 | 38.66 | 41.56 |
Rural | 1 if the household resides in an urban area: 0 otherwise | 37.76 | 59.72 | 61.34 | 58.44 |
Household sizea | Taille du ménage en continue | 9.69 (5.85) | 8.41 (4.03) | 7.76 (4.44) | 7.58 (4.09) |
Number of observations | 1677 | 1119 | 4278 | 6558 | |