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Table 2 Proportional distribution of vaccination type by background characteristics

From: Influence of women empowerment on childhood (12–23 months) immunization coverage: Recent evidence from 17 sub-Saharan African countries

Explanatory variables

Single dose of BCG [n (%)]

3 doses of DPT [n (%)]

3 doses of polio [n (%)]

First dose of measles-containing vaccine (MCV1) [n (%)]

Fully immunized [n (%)]

Women empowerment indicators

 Labour force participation

P < 0.001

P < 0.001

P < 0.001

P = 0.001

P < 0.001

  Not employed

6700 (87.3)

5734 (74.7)

5030 (65.5)

5630 (73.3)

4141 (53.9)

  Employed

10,312 (89.3)

8856 (76.7)

8037 (69.6)

8561 (74.1)

6731 (58.3)

 Acceptance towards violence

P < 0.001

P < 0.001

P < 0.001

P < 0.001

P < 0.001

  Low

11,312 (89.8)

9741 (77.3)

8717 (69.1)

9532 (75.6)

7304 (57.9)

  Medium

2816 (88.8)

2415 (76.1)

2167 (68.3)

2302 (72.6)

1782 (56.2)

  High

2876 (83.5)

2434 (70.7)

2182 (63.3)

2357 (68.4)

1786 (51.8)

 Decision-making capacity

P < 0.001

P < 0.001

P < 0.001

P < 0.001

P < 0.001

  Low

5037 (83.4)

4176 (69.2)

3781 (62.6)

4054 (67.1)

3047 (50.5)

  Medium

4920 (88.9)

4204 (76.0)

3830 (69.2)

4111 (74.3)

3169 (57.3)

  High

7054 (92.2)

6210 (81.2)

5456 (71.3)

6026 (78.8)

4656 (60.8)

 General knowledge level

P < 0.001

P < 0.001

P < 0.001

P < 0.001

P < 0.001

  Low

2561 (73.2)

2021 (57.8)

1891 (54.1)

1945 (55.6)

1397 (39.9)

  Medium

9109 (89.4)

7757 (76.2)

7037 (69.1)

7536 (74.0)

5843 (57.4)

  High

5342 (96.4)

4811 (86.8)

4138 (74.7)

4709 (85.0)

3631 (65.5)

Covariates

 Maternal age

P < 0.001

P < 0.001

P < 0.001

P < 0.001

P < 0.001

  15–19

876 (81.3)

712 (64.9)

654 (60.7)

694 (62.2)

516 (47.8)

  20–24

3669 (88.7)

3190 (75.5)

2873 (69.5)

3023 (71.8)

2355 (56.9)

  25–29

4829 (89.5)

4126 (76.1)

3675 (68.1)

4041 (74.0)

3100 (57.4)

  30–34

3767 (89.4)

3226 (76.6)

2890 (68.6)

3166 (74.0)

2406 (57.1)

  35–39

2642 (88.7)

2277 (76.4)

2020 (67.8)

2245 (73.7)

1710 (57.4)

  40–44

1000 (87.6)

880 (77.1)

790 (69.2)

839 (73.8)

649 (56.8)

  45–49

228 (82.5)

179 (65.0)

163 (59.1)

181 (65.5)

135 (49.1)

 Type of residence

P < 0.001

P < 0.001

P < 0.001

P < 0.001

P < 0.001

  Urban

6537 (93.7)

5588 (80.1)

4858 (69.6)

5649 (78.4)

4101 (58.8)

  Rural

10,475 (85.5)

9002 (73.5)

8208 (67.0)

8722 (71.2)

6771 (55.3)

 Religion

P < 0.001

P < 0.001

P < 0.001

P < 0.001

P < 0.001

  No religiona

394 (73.4)

334 (62.4)

295 (55.1)

309 (57.6)

238 (44.4)

  Christians

8396 (94.5)

7535 (84.8)

6804 (76.6)

7237 (81.5)

5902 (66.4)

  Islam

6700 (82.9)

5475 (67.7)

5072 (62.8)

5375 (66.5)

4017 (49.7)

  Other religionb

379 (87.0)

320 (73.5)

277 (63.5)

312 (71.7)

239 (54.9)

 Wealth status

P < 0.001

P < 0.001

P < 0.001

P < 0.001

P < 0.001

  Poorest

3417 (79.0)

2849 (65.8)

2693 (62.2)

2741 (63.0)

2086 (48.2)

  Poorer

3447 (84.8)

2950 (72.6)

2692 (66.2)

2854 (69.6)

2194 (54.0)

  Middle

3464 (90.8)

2979 (78.1)

2655 (69.6)

2876 (74.8)

2237 (58.6)

  Richer

3415 (93.9)

2939 (80.8)

2570 (70.7)

2844 (77.0)

2189 (60.2)

  Richest

3268 (96.7)

2873 (85.0)

2457 (72.7)

2876 (86.4)

2165 (64.1)

 Marital status

P < 0.001

P = 0.176

P < 0.001

P = 0.878

P = 0.015

  Married

14,538 (88.0)

12,479 (75.6)

11,106 (67.3)

12,173 (73.7)

9243 (56.0)

  Living with partner

2474 (91.4)

2111 (78.0)

1961 (72.9)

2018 (74.5)

1.629 (60.2)

 Age at first birth

P < 0.001

P < 0.001

P < 0.001

P < 0.001

P < 0.001

  Below 20 years

9183 (86.0)

7727 (72.4)

6980 (65.4)

7479 (70.1)

5633 (52.8)

  20–24

5784 (91.5)

5077 (80.4)

4509 (71.4)

4922 (77.9)

3865 (61.2)

  25 and above

2045 (91.7)

1785 (80.0)

1578 (70.7)

1789 (80.2)

1374 (61.6)

 Parity

P < 0.001

P < 0.001

P < 0.001

P < 0.001

P < 0.001

  1

3235 (91.3)

2866 (80.9)

2551 (72.0)

2781 (78.5)

2191 (61.8)

  2

3435 (90.1)

2957 (77.5)

2670 (70.0)

2894 (75.9)

2251 (59.0)

  3

2981 (89.7)

2546 (76.6)

2266 (68.2)

2518 (75.8)

1911 (57.5)

  4 and above

7360 (86.2)

6220 (72.8)

5579 (65.3)

5997 (70.2)

4518 (52.9)

 ANC visits

P < 0.001

P < 0.001

P < 0.001

P < 0.001

P < 0.001

  No visit

748 (45.0)

546 (32.9)

579 (34.9)

555 (33.4)

346 (20.8)

  1–3

5176 (89.2)

4321 (74.4)

3880 (66.8)

4222 (72.7)

3185 (54.9)

  4 and above

11,088 (94.3)

9723 (82.7)

8607 (73.2)

9414 (80.1)

7341 (62.4)

 Place of delivery

P < 0.001

P < 0.001

P < 0.001

P < 0.001

P < 0.001

  Home

3211 (68.3)

2484 (52.8)

2383 (50.6)

2427 (51.6)

1667 (35.4)

  Health facility

13,801 (95.1)

12,106 (83.4)

10,684 (73.6)

11,764 (81.0)

9205 (63.4)

Child factors

 Sex of child

P = 0.538

P = 0.542

P = 0.505

P = 0.100

P = 0.612

  Male

8775 (88.5)

7521 (75.8)

6737 (67.9)

7371 (74.3)

5617 (56.6)

  Female

8236 (88.5)

7069 (76.0)

6329 (68.0)

6820 (73.3)

5255 (56.5)

Paternal factors

 Educational level

P < 0.001

P < 0.001

P < 0.001

P < 0.001

P < 0.001

  No education

6416 (81.2)

5240 (66.3)

4732 (59.9)

5103 (64.6)

3737 (47.3)

  Primary

3942 (91.4)

3467 (80.4)

3189 (73.9)

3346 (77.6)

2713 (62.9)

  Secondary

4755 (94.3)

4192 (83.2)

3655 (72.5)

4055 (80.4)

3108 (61.7)

  Higher

1900 (96.5)

1690 (85.9)

1490 (75.7)

1687 (85.7)

1313 (66.7)

  1. P: p-value
  2. No religiona (Nigeria, Zambia and Gambia do not have information on this category in the dataset)
  3. Other religionb (Sierra Leone does not have information on this category in the dataset)