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. 2013 Mar;31(1):118–129. doi: 10.3329/jhpn.v31i1.14756

T1able 3.

Probability of a child being fully immunized in totality and by individual vaccine (marginal effects after a probit estimation)

Variable Fully immunized BCG DPT Polio Measles
Woman's education: Primary 0.0755*** - 0.00210 - 0.0169 - 0.0350 - 0.0738*** -
(0.000241) - (0.852) - (0.175) - (0.105) - (0.000476) -
   Secondary 0.137*** - 0.0104 - 0.0561*** - 0.0753** - 0.112*** -
(1.74e-05) - (0.536) - (0.00879) - (0.0233) - (0.000467) -
   Post-secondary 0.121** - 0.0240 - 0.0658* - 0.0624 - 0.0983* -
(0.0205) - (0.415) - (0.0692) - (0.254) - (0.0642) -
Wealth status: poor 0.00121 0.0158 -0.00987 0.00195 -0.00198 0.00316 -0.0219 -0.0147 0.0172 0.0358
(0.961) (0.530) (0.491) (0.887) (0.895) (0.840) (0.389) (0.573) (0.493) (0.162)
   Middle 0.000371 0.00922 -0.0171 -0.0105 -0.00601 -0.0110 0.0123 0.0165 0.0225 0.0313
(0.989) (0.750) (0.298) (0.512) (0.725) (0.535) (0.673) (0.586) (0.428) (0.288)
   Rich 0.0176 0.0293 0.00456 0.0125 -0.0233 -0.0289 0.00646 0.0207 0.0370 0.0430
(0.545) (0.341) (0.779) (0.431) (0.180) (0.114) (0.832) (0.520) (0.213) (0.168)
   Richest 0.0261 0.0384 0.00252 -0.000287 -0.00182 -0.00559 0.0185 0.0684* 0.0717** 0.0575
(0.462) (0.328) (0.897) (0.989) (0.933) (0.814) (0.618) (0.0950) (0.0469) (0.149)
Location: Rural -0.0399 0.0119 -0.0171 -0.0118 -0.0293 0.00791 -0.0105 0.0121 -0.0506 -0.0170
(0.259) (0.779) (0.381) (0.607) (0.182) (0.752) (0.775) (0.783) (0.168) (0.702)
   Region: Central 2 0.0604 0.0447 0.0129 0.0182 0.120*** 0.143*** 0.0730* 0.0857* 0.0211 0.000999
(0.124) (0.314) (0.435) (0.293) (0.000464) (0.000513) (0.0721) (0.0629) (0.592) (0.982)
   Kampala 0.0106 0.00192 0.0321 0.0469* 0.0783** 0.131** -0.0184 -0.00554 -0.0572 -0.0856
(0.834) (0.976) (0.169) (0.0549) (0.0358) (0.0126) (0.725) (0.933) (0.274) (0.194)
   East Central 0.0327 -0.00791 0.0424*** 0.0429*** 0.179*** 0.201*** -0.0533 -0.0816* -0.0557 -0.0910**
(0.375) (0.847) (0.00235) (0.00298) (1.98e-07) (7.14e-07) (0.159) (0.0534) (0.133) (0.0288)
   Eastern 0.0766** 0.0421 0.0523*** 0.0516*** 0.189*** 0.215*** 0.0604 0.0416 0.0230 -0.0144
(0.0418) (0.309) (0.000137) (0.000237) (8.52e-08) (1.66e-07) (0.122) (0.334) (0.543) (0.730)
   North 0.153*** 0.112*** 0.0443*** 0.0488*** 0.190*** 0.207*** 0.0550 0.0297 0.112*** 0.0736*
(4.29e-05) (0.00681) (0.00368) (0.00193) (9.43e-09) (4.48e-08) (0.155) (0.487) (0.00275) (0.0760)
   West Nile 0.121*** 0.0685 0.0546*** 0.0536*** 0.222*** 0.224*** 0.0190 -0.00750 0.0531 -0.00734
(0.00268) (0.120) (0.000229) (0.000412) (2.64e-08) (5.20e-07) (0.648) (0.869) (0.190) (0.869)
   Western 0.166*** 0.123*** 0.0546*** 0.0522*** 0.159*** 0.174*** 0.147*** 0.118*** 0.102*** 0.0613
(1.25e-05) (0.00312) (2.87e-05) (0.000125) (4.53e-06) (1.38e-05) (0.000176) (0.00626) (0.00713) (0.143)
   Southwest 0.146*** 0.113*** 0.0241 0.0246 0.167*** 0.177*** 0.135*** 0.126*** 0.111*** 0.0762*
(0.000148) (0.00747) (0.116) (0.124) (2.49e-06) (1.42e-05) (0.000677) (0.00400) (0.00360) (0.0720)
Joint significance test for regional dummies: chi2 (8) 38.80 26.24 32.72 28.78 41.51 34.74 48.37 46.03 45.27 37.92
Prob>chi2 (0.0000) (0.0000) (0.0001) (0.0003) (0.0000) (0.0000) (0.0000) (0.0000) (0.0000) (0.0000)
Religion: Protestant -0.0191 -0.0170 0.00917 0.0112 -0.0152 -0.0157 0.00281 0.00485 0.0137 0.0182
(0.292) (0.383) (0.359) (0.279) (0.170) (0.189) (0.883) (0.812) (0.461) (0.360)
   Muslim -0.00182 0.00104 0.00768 0.00970 -0.0315** -0.0350** -0.00441 0.0132 0.0106 0.0206
(0.946) (0.972) (0.597) (0.528) (0.0436) (0.0436) (0.876) (0.674) (0.702) (0.501)
   Other religion -0.00847 0.00596 -0.00743 0.00260 -0.0162 -0.0144 0.0721** 0.0871** -0.0314 -0.0204
(0.791) (0.865) (0.677) (0.888) (0.402) (0.500) (0.0330) (0.0180) (0.339) (0.567)
Exposure to media: <Once a week (TV) 0.0868** 0.0884* 0.000487 0.00800 0.0854*** 0.0951*** 0.0587 0.0462 0.0498 0.0424
(0.0351) (0.0564) (0.982) (0.735) (0.00286) (0.00301) (0.167) (0.335) (0.236) (0.375)
   At least once a week 0.102** 0.152** 0.000370 -0.0317 0.0342 0.0534 0.0732 0.109* 0.0655 0.0886
(0.0352) (0.0121) (0.988) (0.336) (0.278) (0.177) (0.145) (0.0830) (0.183) (0.149)
   Every day 0.0606 0.0172 0.0304 0.0268 0.0961*** 0.0489 0.0406 -0.0317 0.0192 -0.00621
(0.178) (0.761) (0.162) (0.345) (0.00246) (0.186) (0.387) (0.590) (0.677) (0.915)
Age cohort: 20-24 years 0.0922*** 0.0636 -0.0274 -0.0233 0.0378 0.0357 0.0679** 0.0315 0.133*** 0.103***
(0.00532) (0.114) (0.175) (0.328) (0.101) (0.215) (0.0455) (0.447) (4.62e-05) (0.00923)
   >24-29 0.145*** 0.104*** -0.00773 0.00168 0.0461** 0.0400 0.0890*** 0.0370 0.167*** 0.125***
(1.27e-05) (0.00931) (0.692) (0.940) (0.0495) (0.163) (0.00920) (0.369) (3.17e-07) (0.00144)
   >29-34 0.145*** 0.101** -0.0144 -0.00607 0.0441* 0.0396 0.102*** 0.0501 0.195*** 0.153***
(2.14e-05) (0.0130) (0.479) (0.792) (0.0688) (0.177) (0.00349) (0.232) (4.26e-09) (0.000111)
   >34-39 0.203*** 0.152*** -0.00127 0.00407 0.0698** 0.0528* 0.159*** 0.0982** 0.244*** 0.199***
(3.26e-08) (0.000383) (0.952) (0.861) (0.0104) (0.0946) (2.50e-05) (0.0257) (0) (1.13e-06)
   >34-39 0.247*** 0.194*** 0.0165 0.0263 0.127*** 0.120*** 0.186*** 0.121** 0.295*** 0.249***
(3.57e-09) (4.15e-05) (0.465) (0.253) (0.000152) (0.00188) (1.55e-05) (0.0132) (0) (1.96e-08)
   >44-49 0.306*** 0.244*** -0.0226 -0.0177 0.101** 0.0869* 0.230*** 0.167*** 0.346*** 0.304***
(6.89e-08) (6.54e-05) (0.506) (0.611) (0.0171) (0.0555) (8.82e-05) (0.00807) (0) (9.70e-08)
Mother's occupation: Services/sales - 0.0425 - 0.000364 - -0.0103 - -0.0113 - 0.0635
- (0.463) - (0.992) - (0.744) - (0.852) - (0.292)
   Agriculture - -0.0351 - -0.0294 - -0.0808** - 0.00384 - -0.0415
- (0.532) - (0.350) - (0.0266) - (0.948) - (0.480)
   Blue-collar job - -0.0410 - -0.0647 - -0.0499* - 0.0154 - -0.00433
- (0.515) - (0.206) - (0.0975) - (0.817) - (0.948)
Partner's occupation: Services/sales - -0.0541 - 0.00589 - -0.00859 - 0.00552 - -0.0776*
- (0.165) - (0.782) - (0.702) - (0.894) - (0.0638)
   Agriculture - -0.0813** - 0.00754 - -0.0194 - -0.0188 - -0.114***
- (0.0210) - (0.701) - (0.350) - (0.611) - (0.00204)
   Blue-collar job - -0.104*** - -0.0190 - -0.0217 - -0.0490 - -0.149***
- (0.00489) - (0.390) - (0.300) - (0.212) - (0.000157)
Prenatal care 0.0941*** 0.0928*** 0.00259 -0.00279 0.0280* 0.0215 0.0558** 0.0470 0.0630** 0.0584**
(0.000435) (0.00125) (0.853) (0.844) (0.0710) (0.206) (0.0468) (0.119) (0.0229) (0.0490)
Immunization card: Yes and seen 0.665*** 0.661*** 0.715*** 0.714*** 0.0745** 0.0692** 0.759*** 0.754*** 0.640*** 0.640***
(0) (0) (0) (0) (0.0126) (0.0252) (0) (0) (0) (0)
   Yes but not seen 0.663*** 0.647*** 0.208*** 0.198*** 0.578*** 0.566*** 0.521*** 0.503*** 0.637*** 0.621***
(0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0)
   No longer had card (missing) 0.602*** 0.595*** 0.0989*** 0.0967*** 0.684*** 0.677*** 0.464*** 0.455*** 0.527*** 0.521***
(0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0)
Observations 4,546 3,962 4,539 3,957 4,537 3,956 4,541 3,959 4,532 3,950

p values in parentheses

*** p<0.01

** p<0.05

* p<0.1