BCG vaccination in southern rural Mozambique: an overview of coverage and its determinants based on data from the demographic and health surveillance system in the district of Manhiça

Table 1 Demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of less than 36-months old children

Variable^a	n	%	Variable	n	%
Sex			Mother’s antenatal visits
Boy	3979	50.4	1 to 2	170	9.8
Girl	3921	49.6	3 or more	1573	90.3
Number of siblings			Place of delivery
None	9	0.5	Health centre	1665	95.6
1 to 2	851	48.8	Home/Way to hospital	77	4.4
3 or above	883	50.7	Type of birth
Season of birth			Natural	1655	95.0
Rainy	4329	54.8	C-Section	88	5.0
Dry	3574	45.2	Distance to health centre
Wealth Index			Less than 5 km	988	19.8
1st Quintile	1312	18.4	More than 5 km	3994	80.2
2nd Quintile	1478	20.8	Mother’s marital status
3rd Quintile	1450	20.4	Single	513	10.1
4th Quintile	1451	20.4	Married/Union	3909	77.2
5th Quintile	1418	20.0	Divorced/Separated	641	12.7
Area			Mother’s education
Manhiça Sede	1706	21.6	No education	2110	43.0
3 de Fevereiro	1593	20.2	Primary	2308	47.0
Ilha Josina Machel	144	1.8	Secondary or Higher	491	10.0
Xinavane	2215	28.0	Mother’s religion
Maluana	1689	21.4	Christian	2126	44.5
Calanga	556	7.0	Muslim	42	0.9
			Traditional African	2176	45.5
			Others	435	9.1

^a Many variables presented missing data due to lack of completeness of the questionnaire, or because some of them were implemented in different years

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