Table 2.
Multivariate associations between household, caregiver, and child demographic factors and timely receipt of the first dose of measles-containing vaccine (MCV1) among children 12–35 months living in rural (N = 119) areas of Oromia, Ethiopia – 2021.
| Characteristic | Rural (N = 119) Timely (n = 64) compared to delayed (n = 55) receipt of MCV1 |
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|---|---|---|---|
| n | aOR (95% CI) | p-value | |
| Caretaker’s age | 0.091 | ||
| 18–26 years | 78 | ref | |
| 27–80 years | 41 | 0.45 (0.17, 1.13) | |
| Sex of child | 0.34 | ||
| Male | 48 | ref | |
| Female | 71 | 0.62 (0.22, 1.65) | |
| Delivery location | 0.19 | ||
| Home | 21 | ref | |
| At HF or on the way to HF | 98 | 2.33 (0.66, 8.71) | |
| Number of vaccination visits child needs | |||
| 0 to 5 | 98 | ref | 0.39 |
| 6 (correct as per EPI schedule) | 11 | 0.43 (0.09, 2.03) | |
| Don’t know | 10 | 2.07 (0.31, 14.8) | |
| Number of times child is supposed to get measles vaccination | 0.032* | ||
| Don’t know about measles vaccine or number of doses | 62 | ref | |
| One dose | 21 | 1.62 (0.45, 5.94) | |
| Two doses | 36 | 4.56 (1.45, 16.1) | |
| Role of parents in immunization decision making for child | 0.038* | ||
| Mother or father only (one parent) | 29 | ref | |
| Both mother and father | 90 | 3.07 (1.06, 9.60) | |
| Frequency of vaccination availability | 0.21 | ||
| Every month | 75 | ref | |
| Every week | 30 | 0.73 (0.25, 2.10) | |
| Every day | 1 | – | |
| Don’t know | 13 | 3.13 (0.66, 16.9) | |
| Wait time at the vaccination center for vaccination | 0.002* | ||
| Between 1 and 6 h | 13 | ref | |
| >30 min to 1 h | 31 | 34.1 (2.55, 402)** | |
| 30 min or less | 72 | 27.7 (3.86, 592)** | |
| Don’t know | 3 | – | |
NOTES. aOR = adjusted odds ratio, CI = confidence interval, EPI = expanded program on immunizations, HF = health facility, MCV1 = first dose of measles-containing vaccine, ref. = referent category; 2 observations in rural areas were dropped from multivariate analysis due to missing covariate data for one or more of the following variables: caregiver believes that child has received all recommended vaccines (n = 1), number of vaccination visits child needs (n = 1), and/or role of parents in immunization decision making for child (n = 1).
p < 0.05.
Results should be interpreted with caution due to the small cell count for the number of observations in the referent category with the outcome (n = 2).