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Table 2 Characteristics of mother-infant pairs and facilities visited stratified by BCG vaccination status

From: Childhood immunization uptake determinants in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo: ordered regressions to assess timely infant vaccines administered at birth and 6-weeks

 

Overall

Vaccinated within 24 h

Vaccinated within 1 week

Vaccinated with 14 weeks

Not vaccinated

N = 2398

N = 630

N = 1044

N = 307

N = 417

No

(%)

No

(%)

No

(%)

No

(%)

No

(%)

Mother's marital status

          

Married

1705

(71.10)

452

(71.75)

753

(72.13)

207

(67.43)

293

(70.26)

Not married

691

(28.82)

178

(28.25)

290

(27.78)

99

(32.25)

124

(29.74)

Missing

2

(0.08)

0

(0.00)

1

(0.10)

1

(0.33)

0

(0.00)

Household wealth index

          

Low wealth

262

(11.13)

86

(13.65)

106

(10.15)

33

(10.75)

42

(10.07)

Mid-low wealth

883

(36.82)

200

(31.75)

371

(35.54)

121

(39.41)

191

(45.80)

Mid-high wealth

725

(30.23)

194

(30.79)

325

(31.13)

93

(30.29)

113

(27.10)

High wealth

523

(21.81)

150

(23.81)

242

(23.18)

60

(19.54)

71

(17.03)

Transport

          

Walking

839

(34.99)

215

(34.13)

322

(33.89)

363

(34.77)

114

(37.13)

Taxi and other

1558

(64.97)

415

(65.87)

628

(66.11)

680

(65.13)

193

(62.87)

Missing

1

(0.04)

0

(0.00)

0

(0.00)

1

(0.10)

0

(0.00)

Facility type

          

Health center

1399

(58.34)

366

(58.10)

622

(59.58)

174

(56.68)

237

(56.83)

Reference hospital

999

(41.66)

264

(41.90)

422

(40.42)

133

(43.32)

180

(43.17)

Facility ownership

          

Public

770

(32.11)

208

(33.11)

318

(30.46)

86

(28.01)

158

(37.89)

Religious-affiliation

1,349

(56.26)

338

(53.67)

599

(57.38)

100

(58.63)

232

(55.64)

Private and other

279

(11.63)

84

(13.22)

127

(12.16)

41

(13.36)

27

(6.47)

Location

          

Urban

1457

(60.76)

397

(63.02)

635

(60.82)

183

(59.61)

242

(58.03)

Rural/peri-urban

941

(39.24)

233

(36.98)

409

(39.18)

124

(40.39)

175

(41.97)

 

M

(SD)

M

(SD)

M

(SD)

M

(SD)

M

(SD)

Infant's birth order

4.06

(2.20)

4.09

(2.16)

4.04

(2.16)

4.21

(2.38)

3.94

(2.21)

Mother's education

10.60

(2.99)

10.70

(3.02)

10.74

(2.98)

10.44

(3.06)

10.25

(2.91)

Mother's age

31.25

(6.10)

31.33

(6.06)

31.45

(6.04)

31.20

(6.19)

30.68

(6.21)

General readiness

6.77

(0.91)

6.73

(0.88)

6.84

(0.90)

6.83

(0.89)

6.63

(1.00)

General readiness##General readiness

46.72

(12.40)

46.07

(11.83)

47.59

(12.26)

47.46

(12.15)

44.98

(13.50)

Immunization readiness

5.82

(1.52)

5.88

(1.50)

5.76

(1.54)

5.89

(1.51)

5.86

(1.49)