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Table 5 Determinants of immunization timeliness

From: Vaccination of infants aged 0 to 11 months at the Yaounde Gynaeco-obstetric and pediatric hospital in Cameroon: how complete and how timely?

Variables

Timeliness

Unadjusted

OR (95% CI)

Unadjusted P value

Adjusted OR

(95% CI)

Adjusted

P value

Age

 

Yes

No

    

  < 30 years

165 (73)

61 (27)

0.9 (0.6–1.5)

0.9

  

  > 30 years

128 (76.6)

46 (26.4)

    

Level of education

 None/Primary

26 (72.2)

10 (27.8)

0.9 (0.4–2)

0.9

  

 Secondary/Higher

267 (73.4)

97 (26.6)

    

Mother’s profession

 Employed

192 (73)

71 (27)

0.9 (0.6–1.5)

0.9

  

 Unemployed

101 (73.7)

36 (26.3)

    

Matrimonial status

 Single

65 (77.4)

19 (22.6)

1.3 (0.7–2.3)

0.3

  

 Couple

228 (72.2)

88 (27.8)

    

Religion

 Christian

239 (73.3)

98 (26.7)

1 (0.5–2.3)

0.9

  

 Muslim

24 (72.7)

9 (27.3)

    

Parity

 Primipara

105 (72.9)

39 (27.1)

0.9 (0.6–1.5)

0.9

  

 Multipara

188 (73.4)

68 (26.6)

    

Distance from home to vaccination unit

  < 5 Km

149 (74.9)

50 (25.1)

1.2 (0.8–1.8)

0.5

  

  > 5 Km

144 (71.6)

57 (28.4)

    

Father’s profession

 Employed

287 (73.4)

104 (26.6)

1.4 (0.3–5.6)

0.7

  

 Unemployed

6 (66.7)

3 (33.3)

    

Place of birth

 YGOPH

221 (75.9)

70 (24.1)

1.6 (1.01–2.6)

0.04

1.01 (0.9–3.3)

1

 Others

72 (66.1)

37 (33.9)

    

Gestation age

 Term

286 (81)

67 (19)

24.4 (10.5–56.8)

< 0.001

19.3 (8.1–46.1)

< 0.001

 Premature

7 (14.9)

40 (85.1)

    

Place vaccination started

 YGOPH

261 (74.8)

88 (25.2)

1.8 (0.9–3.3)

0.07

  

 Others

32 (62.7)

19 (37.3)

    

Usual place of vaccination

 YGOPH

252 (75.2)

83 (24.8)

1.8 (1.01–3.1)

0.04

2.1 (0.9–4.6)

0.08

 Others

41 (63.1)

24 (36.9)