. 2024 Mar 8;24:168. doi: 10.1186/s12887-024-04662-w

Table 3.

Association between child vaccination status and child-, maternal-, and contextual-level factors

Variable	Frequency	Child vaccination Status		p-value
Variable	Frequency	Perecentage (%) of incompletely vaccinated	Percentage (%)fully vaccinated	p-value
Sex of Child				0.350
Female	179	25.1	74.9
Male	181	21.0	79.0
Child enrolled in school				0.738
No	340	23.2	76.8
Yes	20	20.0	80.0
Respondent is the biological parent of the child				0.220
No	17	35.3	64.7
Yes	343	22.4	77.6
Age group of caregiver				0.227
15–24	106	27.4	72.6
25–34	196	23.0	77.0
35 +	58	15.5	84.5
Level of education				0.002
No formal education	68	36.8	63.2
Primary	123	26.0	74.0
Secondary	110	18.2	81.8
Tertiary	59	10.2	89.8
Employment status				0.005
Unemployed	164	29.9	70.1
Employed	196	17.3	82.7
Marital status				0.006
Not married	60	36.7	63.3
In a union (i.e., married or cohabiting)	300	20.3	79.7
Religion				0.041
African traditional	19	42.1	57.9
Christian	254	24.0	76.0
Muslim	87	16.1	83.9
Decision-maker on where to seek care when child is sick				0.032^a
Husband/partner	239	20.1	79.9
Mother or carer (Self)	114	27.2	72.8
Others	7	57.1	42.9
Antenatal care visits				0.005^a
No visits	2	50.0	50.0
Less than 4	58	37.9	62.1
4 and above	300	20.0	80.0
Place of delivery				0.136^a
Home	11	45.5	54.5
Health facility	349	22.3	77.7
Attendant at birth				0.469^a
None	5	0.0	100.0
Traditional birth attendant	13	30.8	69.2
Health worker (Nurse/midwife/doctor)	342	23.1	76.9
Level of knowledge about immunisation				0.274
Low	159	25.8	74.2
High	201	20.9	79.1
Able to receive the needed service at vaccination sessions				0.019
Able to receive	317	21.1	78.9
Not able to receive	43	37.2	62.8
Perception about health providers' responsiveness				0.160^a
Not Sure	23	39.1	60.9
Unprofessional	13	15.4	84.6
Very Professional	324	22.2	77.8
Time to reach the nearest health facility				0.328
Less than 30 min	188	22.9	77.1
30—60 min	153	21.6	78.4
1 h or more	19	36.8	63.2
Problem with distance to the nearest health facility				0.001
Not a big problem	302	19.9	80.1
A big problem	58	39.7	60.3

^ap – values from Fisher’s exact test