Table 1.
Association of factors with three doses of DTP (DTP3) completion shown by crude risk ratios (RRs) and their 95% confidence intervals (CIs) (Pakistan, 2005–2006)
| DTP3 completed during 90 days follow-up |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | n = 378 | Column (%) | Row (%) | Crude RR | 95% CIs |
| Enrolment centre | |||||
| A | 93 | (25) | (45) | 1.09 | (0.76, 1.58) |
| B | 73 | (19) | (14) | 0.33 | (0.17, 0.63) |
| C | 20 | (5) | (65) | 1.57 | (1.02, 2.44) |
| D | 112 | (30) | (46) | 1.12 | (0.79, 1.61) |
| E | 17 | (4) | (35) | 0.86 | (0.42, 1.74) |
| F | 63 | (17) | (41) | 1.00 | |
| Relationship of respondent with child | |||||
| Mother | 304 | (80) | (39) | 0.93 | (0.68, 1.25) |
| Others | 74 | (20) | (42) | 1.00 | |
| Ethnicity | |||||
| Hindko | 69 | (18) | (52) | 1.92 | (1.20, 3.09) |
| Pashto | 120 | (32) | (46) | 1.67 | (1.07, 2.68) |
| Punjabi | 41 | (11) | (41) | 1.53 | (0.88, 2.66) |
| Sindhi | 41 | (11) | (37) | 1.35 | (0.75, 2.41) |
| Others | 48 | (13) | (21) | 0.77 | (0.38, 1.53) |
| Mohajir | 59 | (16) | (27) | 1.00 | |
| Child’s age at enrolment (n = 366) | |||||
| ≤60 days | 215 | (59) | (47) | 1.58 | (1.19, 2.09) |
| >60 days | 151 | (41) | (30) | 1.00 | |
| Child’s sex | |||||
| Boy | 186 | (49) | (40) | 1.02 | (0.79, 1.31) |
| Girl | 192 | (51) | (39) | 1.00 | |
| Total number of living children | |||||
| ≤2 | 185 | (49) | (43) | 1.21 | (0.94, 1.55) |
| >2 | 193 | (51) | (36) | 1.00 | |
| Mother’s age at enrolment (years) | |||||
| ≤19 | 31 | (8) | (26) | 0.73 | (0.38, 1.40) |
| 20–29 | 257 | (68) | (42) | 1.19 | (0.87, 1.63) |
| >29 | 90 | (24) | (36) | 1.00 | |
| Mother’s age at first conception (years) | |||||
| ≥18 | 252 | (67) | (42) | 1.19 | (0.90, 1.58) |
| <18 | 126 | (33) | (35) | 1.00 | |
| Mother’s years of formal schooling | |||||
| >0 | 170 | (45) | (42) | 1.11 | (0.87, 1.43) |
| 0 | 208 | (55) | (38) | 1.00 | |
| Mother’s occupation | |||||
| House wife | 372 | (98) | (39) | 0.78 | (0.35, 1.76) |
| Others | 6 | (2) | (50) | 1.00 | |
| Father’s years of formal schooling | |||||
| >10 | 51 | (13) | (49) | 1.41 | (0.98, 2.05) |
| 1–10 | 20 | (54) | (40) | 1.15 | (0.86, 1.55) |
| 0 | 12 | (33) | (35) | 1.00 | |
| Father’s occupation | |||||
| Unemployed | 9 | (2) | (44) | 1.04 | (0.48, 2.26) |
| Government servant | 37 | (10) | (49) | 1.14 | (0.75, 1.74) |
| Private employee | 97 | (26) | (41) | 0.97 | (0.68, 1.38) |
| Labourer (unskilled worker) | 160 | (42) | (34) | 0.81 | (0.57, 1.13) |
| Owned private business | 75 | (20) | (43) | 1.00 | |
| Number of household members | |||||
| ≤5 | 87 | (23) | (51) | 1.40 | (1.08, 1.81) |
| >5 | 291 | (77) | (36) | 1.00 | |
| Monthly household income (Pak Rs.) | |||||
| >3000 | 317 | (84) | (42) | 1.72 | (1.09, 2.72) |
| 0–3000 | 61 | (16) | (25) | 1.00 | |
| Mode of transport to EPI centre | |||||
| Public bus system | 23 | (6) | (35) | 0.70 | (0.35, 1.37) |
| On foot | 329 | (87) | (39) | 0.78 | (0.52, 1.17) |
| Privately owned or rented vehicles | 26 | (7) | (50) | 1.00 | |
| Travel time to reach EPI centre | |||||
| ≤10 min | 178 | (47) | (44) | 1.27 | (0.99, 1.63) |
| >10 min | 200 | (53) | (35) | 1.00 | |
EPI, Expanded Programme on Immunization.