Table 3 Bivariate comparison of predictors of vaccination completion among children aged 12–23 months by sub-region in Uganda (UDHS 1995-2016
Variable | Central 1 (n = 841) | East Central (n = 864) | Northern (n = 831) | Southwest (n = 1008) | ||||||||
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Children (%) | All* | p | Children (%) | All* | p | Children (%) | All* | p | Children (%) | All* | p | |
Household Characteristics | ||||||||||||
Place of Residence | ||||||||||||
Rural | 79.6 | 41.7 | 0.004* | 92.3 | 36.2 | 0.012* | 92.4 | 45.7 | 0.005* | 90.8 | 56.3 | 0.042* |
Urban | 20.4 | 56.5 | 7.7 | 51.6 | 7.6 | 59.6 | 9.2 | 66.7 | ||||
Religious affiliation | ||||||||||||
Catholic | 41.1 | 44.5 | 0.844 | 21.2 | 37.9 | 0.390 | 59.9 | 49.8 | 0.058* | 35.5 | 54.8 | 0.196 |
Protestants | 25.8 | 45.0 | 42.5 | 37.5 | 31.6 | 39.8 | 53.1 | 60.2 | ||||
Muslims | 21.6 | 42.2 | 26.1 | 33.1 | 0.4 | 44.9 | 2.9 | 46.8 | ||||
Pentecostal + Others | 11.5 | 49.8 | 10.1 | 46.7 | 8.3 | 52.5 | 8.5 | 52.3 | ||||
Wealth index | ||||||||||||
Poorest | 4.7 | 35.6 | 0.061 | 24.7 | 34.8 | 0.605 | 46.9 | 45.2 | < 0.001* | 12.0 | 50.0 | 0.292 |
Second | 10.4 | 47.5 | 21.8 | 34.7 | 24.6 | 52.0 | 19.3 | 57.1 | ||||
Middle | 16.3 | 54.1 | 21.8 | 35.6 | 15.4 | 30.0 | 28.3 | 60.7 | ||||
Fourth | 27.1 | 35.3 | 19.9 | 41.6 | 7.6 | 54.0 | 27.1 | 54.4 | ||||
Richest | 41.6 | 47.6 | 11.8 | 44.1 | 5.5 | 73.3 | 13.4 | 62.2 | ||||
Maternal Characteristics | ||||||||||||
Maternal age | ||||||||||||
15–24 | 41.5 | 40.7 | 0.127 | 39.1 | 34.1 | 0.327 | 39.8 | 50.6 | 0.127 | 30.8 | 56.2 | 0.494 |
25–34 | 42.1 | 35.3 | 44.4 | 39.8 | 41.0 | 46.3 | 50.6 | 59.0 | ||||
35–49 | 16.4 | 47.6 | 16.5 | 38.8 | 19.2 | 39.7 | 18.5 | 54.0 | ||||
Maternal education | ||||||||||||
No education | 11.5 | 33.6 | 0.001* | 16.0 | 26.6 | < 0.001* | 17.8 | 36.5 | 0.002* | 23.1 | 48.9 | 0.005* |
Primary | 58.1 | 40.8 | 63.7 | 34.9 | 72.1 | 46.2 | 61.2 | 57.8 | ||||
Secondary | 24.6 | 55.1 | 17.6 | 49.9 | 8.4 | 70.0 | 11.6 | 71.2 | ||||
Higher | 5.8 | 61.9 | 2.6 | 78.8 | 1.7 | 62.3 | 4.2 | 56.4 | ||||
Marital Status | ||||||||||||
Never married | 6.3 | 44.3 | 0.369 | 2.9 | 59.6 | 0.081 | 3.1 | 40.7 | 0.336 | 1.8 | 47.9 | 0.667 |
Married | 82.1 | 46.0 | 89.3 | 37.2 | 86.7 | 47.8 | 89.7 | 57.6 | ||||
Separated/divorced/widowed | 11.6 | 36.0 | 7.7 | 31.1 | 10.2 | 39.7 | 8.5 | 55.1 | ||||
Maternal working Status | ||||||||||||
Not working | 33.8 | 41.1 | 0.280 | 14.3 | 38.4 | 0.858 | 26.2 | 41.5 | 0.205 | 9.6 | 58.5 | 0.816 |
Working | 66.2 | 46.6 | 85.7 | 37.2 | 73.8 | 48.6 | 90.4 | 57.2 | ||||
Child Characteristics | ||||||||||||
Sex of child | ||||||||||||
Male | 56.0 | 42.5 | 0.226 | 51.0 | 37.1 | 0.868 | 47.3 | 49.2 | 0.201 | 50.2 | 58.7 | 0.319 |
Female | 44.0 | 47.6 | 49.0 | 37.7 | 52.7 | 44.5 | 49.8 | 55.5 | ||||
Birth order | ||||||||||||
1 | 19.5 | 41.2 | 0.019* | 17.3 | 38.2 | 0.987 | 20.2 | 51.3 | 0.032* | 15.6 | 65.9 | 0.035* |
2–3 | 36.5 | 53.8 | 27.3 | 37.0 | 27.5 | 53.0 | 34.5 | 54.1 | ||||
4–5 | 23.4 | 38.2 | 24.2 | 36.5 | 20.5 | 45.9 | 21.5 | 61.2 | ||||
6+ | 20.7 | 39.5 | 31.2 | 38.0 | 32.0 | 38.9 | 28.4 | 53.3 | ||||
Size at birth | ||||||||||||
Very large | 10.1 | 36.7 | 0.367 | 8.0 | 43.5 | 0.369 | 3.1 | 45.8 | 0.018* | 6.3 | 60.9 | 0.001* |
Above average | 18.9 | 44.6 | 27.6 | 32.1 | 17.3 | 57.8 | 25.8 | 53.6 | ||||
Average | 53.2 | 43.5 | 43.7 | 39.8 | 56.5 | 44.4 | 53.6 | 62.7 | ||||
Below average | 11.4 | 52.7 | 14.2 | 40.1 | 18.7 | 40.3 | 10.6 | 41.0 | ||||
Very small | 6.4 | 53.9 | 6.5 | 30.3 | 4.4 | 60.4 | 3.7 | 43.7 | ||||
Health Utilization Characteristics | ||||||||||||
Health card | ||||||||||||
No card | 43.1 | 14.1 | < 0.001* | 42.9 | 13.9 | < 0.001* | 37.6 | 15.5 | < 0.001* | 34.8 | 27.6 | < 0.001* |
Yes | 56.9 | 68.0 | 57.1 | 55.1 | 62.4 | 65.5 | 65.2 | 73.1 | ||||
Antenatal care Visit | ||||||||||||
None | 3.9 | 32.0 | 0.364 | 3.9 | 15.8 | 0.022* | 3.4 | 24.7 | 0.017* | 6.5 | 43.0 | 0.001* |
1–3 | 41.3 | 42.9 | 43.9 | 35.6 | 44.2 | 43.0 | 49.2 | 53.1 | ||||
4+ | 54.8 | 47.0 | 52.2 | 40.5 | 52.2 | 51.3 | 44.3 | 63.9 | ||||
Tetanus Toxoid Injection | ||||||||||||
None | 21.6 | 31.7 | 0.002* | 15.8 | 22.2 | < 0.001* | 17.9 | 29.2 | < 0.001* | 28.4 | 47.8 | 0.001* |
Yes | 78.4 | 48.3 | 84.2 | 40.2 | 82.1 | 50.6 | 71.6 | 61.0 | ||||
Place of delivery | ||||||||||||
Home | 33.9 | 35.0 | 0.008* | 31.8 | 31.6 | 0.201 | 49.4 | 39.3 | 0.004* | 59.1 | 53.8 | 0.027* |
Public health facilityr | 34.3 | 50.5 | 45.6 | 41.3 | 40.0 | 55.5 | 30.2 | 64.9 | ||||
Private health facility | 31.3 | 48.6 | 21.9 | 37.6 | 9.6 | 48.7 | 9.4 | 53.7 | ||||
Others | 0.5 | 71.8 | 0.6 | 39.3 | 1.0 | 47.1 | 1.2 | 60.9 | ||||