TABLE 3—
Pre-NHI (n = 1398) | Post-NHI (n = 3184) | |||
Mean (SD) | %a | Mean (SD) | %a | |
Variables | ||||
Infant’s characteristics | ||||
Gender | 0.534 (0.50) | 0.527 (0.50) | ||
Male | 65.9 | 87.0 | ||
Female | 65.0 | 88.5 | ||
Gestation period | 0.971 (0.17) | 0.936 (0.25) | ||
≥36 wk | 65.4 | 88.0 | ||
< 36 wk | 65.9 | 82.4 | ||
Birth order | 0.372 (0.48) | 0.444 (0.50) | ||
First birth | 68.7 | 91.0 | ||
Not first birth | 63.6 | 84.5 | ||
Hospital birth | 0.487 (0.50) | 0.540 (0.50) | ||
Yes | 63.0 | 89.0 | ||
No | 67.8 | 86.1 | ||
Well-baby care use | 0.539 (0.50) | 0.550 (0.50) | ||
Yes | 63.7 | 90.1 | ||
No | 67.6 | 85.0 | ||
Primary caregiver | ||||
Grandparents | 0.225 (0.42) | 68.3 | 0.285 (0.45) | 89.3 |
Babysitter | 0.114 (0.32) | 59.4 | 0.142 (0.35) | 86.3 |
Parents | 0.661 (0.47) | 65.6 | 0.573 (0.49) | 87.2 |
Maternal characteristics | ||||
Age, y | ||||
< 25 | 0.302 (0.46) | 65.6 | 0.228 (0.42) | 88.3 |
25–34 | 0.657 (0.47) | 66.0 | 0.699 (0.46) | 87.9 |
≥35 | 0.041 (0.20) | 55.2 | 0.073 (0.26) | 83.3 |
Education | ||||
Primary school and below | 0.157 (0.36) | 61.8 | 0.046 (0.21) | 81.4 |
Junior high | 0.280 (0.45) | 66.8 | 0.180 (0.38) | 85.6 |
Senior high | 0.423 (0.49) | 68.0 | 0.528 (0.50) | 88.2 |
Junior college | 0.083 (0.28) | 59.5 | 0.150 (0.36) | 88.3 |
College and above | 0.057 (0.23) | 58.2 | 0.096 (0.30) | 90.9 |
Occupation | ||||
Housewife | 0.617 (0.49) | 63.9 | 0.396 (0.49) | 86.3 |
Government | 0.070 (0.26) | 67.4 | 0.125 (0.33) | 89.2 |
Laborer | 0.137 (0.34) | 70.0 | 0.208 (0.41) | 88.1 |
Farmer | 0.007 (0.08) | 70.0 | 0.004 (0.06) | |
100.0 | ||||
Businesswoman | 0.112 (0.32) | 67.5 | 0.203 (0.40) | 88.5 |
Other | 0.057 (0.23) | 66.0 | 0.064 (0.25) | 88.3 |
Geographic characteristics | ||||
Central | 0.275 (0.45) | 68.3 | 0.250 (0.43) | 88.1 |
South | 0.250 (0.43) | 62.6 | 0.226 (0.42) | 86.7 |
East | 0.064 (0.25) | 72.2 | 0.077 (0.27) | 86.0 |
North | 0.410 (0.49) | 64.2 | 0.448 (0.50) | 88.2 |
a The percentage of the sample who have complete immunizations.