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. 2012 Jun 27;40(2):59–62. doi: 10.2149/tmh.2012-09s

Table 1.

Factors associated with delay in measles vaccination in Korogocho

Coverage
Delay
RRR (95% CI) P value
(%) (n/N) (%) (n/N)
Sex of Child
Male 38.0 (447/1176) 24.2 (108/447) 1.00
Female 36.5 (417/1141) 20.1 (84/417) 1.04 (0.91, 1.20) 0.55
Maternal Education
No education 36.3 (306/842) 22.2 (68/306) 1.00
Primary 40.0 (392/979) 21.2 (83/392) 0.96 (0.82, 1.12) 0.61
Secondary or higher 47.0 (140/298) 22.9 (32/140) 0.98 (0.81, 1.19) 0.84
Household Wealth Status
Poorest 40.7 (384/943) 23.7 (91/384) 1.00
Poor 39.5 (269/681) 21.9 (59/269) 0.98 (0.84, 1.13) 0.77
Not poor 36.4 (153/420) 19.6 (30/153) 0.92 (0.75, 1.13) 0.42
Ethnicity
Kikuyu 47.9 (302/631) 16.2 (49/302) 1.00
Luhya 39.2 (173/441) 31.8 (55/173) 0.65 (0.53, 0.80) 0.00
Luo 34.7 (215/620) 17.7 (38/215) 0.97 (0.78, 1.19) 0.76
Kamba 41.0 (55/134) 16.4 (9/55) 1.12 (0.85, 1.49) 0.42
Other 31.7 (93/293) 34.4 (32/93) 0.73 (0.58, 0.91) 0.01
Village
Grogan A 39.8 (66/166) 28.8 (19/66) 1.00
Grogan B 44.2 (61/138) 16.4 (10/61) 1.18 (0.83, 1.69) 0.35
Gitathuru C 33.0 (97/294) 20.6 (20/97) 1.20 (0.87, 1.65) 0.27
Nyayo/Kisumu Ndogo 41.9 (224/535) 18.3 (41/224) 1.34 (1.01, 1.79) 0.04
Korogocho A 40.1 (109/272) 20.2 (22/109) 1.23 (0.90, 1.69) 0.20
Korogocho B 38.1 (120/315) 23.3 (28/120) 1.21 (0.89, 1.63) 0.22
Highridge 31.3 (187/597) 27.8 (52/187) 1.09 (0.82, 1.45) 0.54

RRR: Relative risk ratio refers to the likelihood of on-time vaccination for measles