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Table 3 Determinants of full immunization

From: Do the dynamics of vaccine programs improve the full immunization of children under the age of five in Cameroon?

Variables

Odds Ratio

General

1991

1998

2004

2011

Bio-demographic characteristics

Vaccination card

  No card (ref)

     

  Card

7.576 (0.473)***

56.914 (29.075)***

32.383 (12.912)***

8.738 (0.967)***

5.639 (0.467)***

Gender of the child

  Male (ref)

     

  Female

1.023 (0.039)

1.056 (0.131)

0.867 (0.123)

1.057 (0.072)

1.016 (0.056)

Child’s birth order

  Order 1 (ref)

     

  Order 2

0.961 (0.064)

1.016 (0.243)

0.761 (0.180)

0.869 (0.101)

1.009 (0.095)

  Order 3

0.844 (0,063) **

0.844 (0.224)

0.670 (0.183)

0.761 (0,100) **

0.889 (0.093)

  Order 4

0.739 (0.061)***

0.695 (0.197)

0.850 (0.264)

0.670 (0.099)***

0.725 (0.085)***

  Order 5

0.653 (0.060)***

0.637 (0.198)

0.776 (0.255)

0.621 (0.102)***

0.627 (0.082)***

  Order 6

0.608 (0.063)***

0.651 (0.213)

0.667 (0.262)

0.566 (0.106)***

0.609 (0.089)***

  Order 7 and beyond

0.557 (0.056)***

0.614 (0.202)

0.534 (0,202) *

0.406 (0.074)***

0.639 (0.093)***

Birth weight

  Other (ref)

     

  Low

1.041 (0.078)

1.326 (0.330)

1.457 (0.419)

0.956 (0.125)

1.020 (0.108)

Mother’s characteristics

Mother’s age

  15–19 (ref)

     

  20–24

1.435 (0.132)***

1.198 (0.377)

2.245 (0.664)***

1.169 (0.192)

1.575 (0.209)***

  25–29

1.970 (0.196)***

1.961 (0.682) *

2.502 (0.835)***

1.647 (0.294)***

2.131 (0.301)***

  30–34

2.458 (0.269)***

1.507 (0.560)

3.634 (1.391)***

1.874 (0.368)***

3.123 (0.487)***

  35–39

2.809 (0.340)***

2.703 (1.112) **

3.624 (1.577)***

2.077 (0.457)***

3.392 (0.577)***

  40–49

2.936 (0.389)***

2.703 (1.192) **

3.225 (1.596) **

3.469 (0.835)***

2.835 (0.528)***

Religion

  Traditional Christian (ref)

     

  Reformist religion

0.716 (0.038)***

0.900 (0.154)

0.577 (0.130) **

0.794 (0.077) **

0.687 (0.050)***

  No religion

1.160 (0.091) *

1.665 (0.483) *

1.346 (0.163) **

0.838 (0.095)

Level of education

  No level (ref)

     

  Primary

1.347 (0.076)***

2.082 (0.363)***

1.208 (0.266)

1.432 (0.144)***

1.246 (0.102)***

  Secondary

1.426 (0.098)***

2.413 (0.548)***

1.571 (0.404) *

1.647 (0.205)***

1.251 (0.123) **

  Higher education

1.905 (0.336)***

4.126 (3.373) *

1.693 (1.567)

2.858 (1.102)***

1.649 (0.357) **

Marital status

  In a relationship (ref)

     

  Not in a relationship

0.915 (0.055)

0.627 (0.126) **

0.935 (0.184)

0.741 (0.083)***

1.119 (0.096)

Media exposure

  Not exposed (ref)

     

  Limited exposure

1.006 (0.052)

0.914 (0.148)

0.907 (0.162)

0.779 (0.070)***

1.214 (0.092) **

  High exposure

1.156 (0.063)***

1.405 (0.259) *

1.407 (0.299)

0.823 (0.081) **

1.334 (0.102)***

Mother’s occupation

  Self-employed (ref)

     

  For the family

1.007 (0.069)

1.036 (0.211)

0.524 (0.203) *

1.190 (0.133)

0.970 (0.103)

  For others

0.938 (0.072)

1.086 (0.264)

0.956 (0.307)

0.913 (0.130)

0.848 (0.089)

Prenatal visits

  No follow-up (ref)

     

  Incomplete follow-up

1.362 (0.121)***

1.335 (0.292)

0.983 (0.268)

1.110 (0.182)

1.569 (0.225)***

  Complete follow-up

2.020 (0.159)***

1.745 (0.351)***

1.215 (0.304)

1.712 (0.243)***

2.363 (0.304)***

Characteristics of the household

Place of residence

  Urban (ref)

     

  Rural

0.936 (0.042)

0.491 (0.068)***

0.873 (0.142)

1.026 (0.081)

1.027 (0.067)

Household size

0.589 (0.058)***

0.723 (0.223)

1.150 (0.461)

0.711 (0.128) *

0.479 (0.065)***

Period

  1991 (ref)

     

  1998

0.935 (0.083)

    

  2004

1.122 (0.077) *

    

  2011

1.601 (0.105)***

    

Constant

0.123 (0.031)***

0.013 (0.012)***

0.010 (0.010)***

0.133 (0.058)***

0.273 (0.092)***

Log likelihood

− 7895.862

− 780.704

− 595.435

− 2512.031

− 3878.620

Number of observations

13.632

1.677

1.119

4.278

6.558

LR chi2

3100.32 ***

644.98 ***

301.77 ***

872.35 ***

1237.22 ***

Pseudo R2

0.164

0.292

0.202

0.148

0.138

  1. Source: From Demographic and Health Surveys of 1991, 1998, 2004 et 2011
  2. The variables in parentheses are standard deviations *** (**) [*] represent the significance thresholds at 1% (5%) [10%] respectively