Fully immunized child: coverage, timing and sequencing of routine immunization in an urban poor settlement in Nairobi, Kenya

Table 3 Proportion of children receiving vaccination in out-of-sequence (FIC-OS) by 12 months of age among children aged 12–23 months by different background factors

	Late BCG (%)	Pentas<>OPVs (%)	Penta>=MV (%)	FIC-OS (%)	N	Overall P value
Overall	4.0	18.2	0.8	21.7	2541	–
Sex
Male	4.5	17.5	0.9	21.3	1270	0.646
Female	3.5	18.9	0.8	22.1	1271	0.646
Postnatal
No PN	6.5	24.0	0.6	29.2	154	0.021
PN	3.9	17.7	0.8	21.2	2378
Mother’s age group
11–20	4.3	20.2	0.9	24.1	585	0.185
21–24	4.3	16.5	0.8	20.3	792
25–29	3.0	17.5	0.8	20.0	635
30–55	4.0	19.3	0.7	22.6	455
Education
<Primary	1.9	25.9	0.0	25.9	54	0.080
Primary	4.0	18.7	0.9	22.2	1647
Secondary+	3.6	15.2	0.4	18.5	723
Delivery place
Health facility	2.5	17.7	0.6	20.0	2140
Non-HF	12.2	20.3	2.0	31.0	394	<0.001
Parity
Parity1	4.1	18.0	0.2	21.5	885	0.543
Parity2	3.9	17.2	1.2	20.6	778
Parity3+	4.1	19.1	1.1	22.9	870
Ethnicity
Kikuyu	2.7	20.1	0.0	22.2	672	0.001
Luhya	5.0	20.3	1.4	25.1	438
Luo	5.4	22.2	1.4	26.7	352
Kamba	3.8	14.4	0.7	17.9	613
Other	3.6	14.7	1.0	17.5	388
Wealth status
Lower	4.3	25.4	1.2	29.0	748	<0.001
Middle	3.5	17.7	0.5	20.5	854
Upper	4.2	12.6	0.8	16.7	850
Study site
Korogocho	4.4	26.9	1.1	30.5	1033
Viwandani	3.8	12.2	0.7	15.7	1508	<0.001

Proportions significantly different at 5 % level of significance are highlighted in italics
Late BCG BCG given together or after any pentavalent or measles, Pentas<>OPVs corresponding pentavalent and polio not given together, Penta>=MV pentavalent given together or after measles, FIC-OS fully immunized child by 12 months with either late BCG, Pentas<>OPVs or Penta>=MV

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