Table 5.
Background characteristics of children in terms of month-specific immunization coverage
| Variable | Total | Month-specific Polio | Month-specific non-Polio | ||
| Partial | Full | Partial | Full | ||
| 1,338 | 998 | 340 | 1,110 | 228 | |
| Characteristics of children | |||||
| Gender of the child: Male | 695 (51.9) | 511 (73.5) | 184 (26.5) | 577 (83.0) | 118 (17.0) |
| Female | 643 (48.1) | 487 (75.7) | 156 (24.3) | 533 (82.9) | 110 (17.1) |
| Birth order of the child | 2.0 (1.3) | 1.8 (1 .0) | 2.1 (1.3) | 1.7 (0.9) | 2.1 (1.3) |
| Place of delivery: Home | 704 (52.6) | 571 (81.1) | 133 (18.9) | 630 (89.5) | 74 (10.5) |
| Institution | 634 (47.4) | 427 (67.4) | 207 (32.6) | 480 (75.7) | 154 (24.3) |
| Mother's characteristics | |||||
| Mother's employment: Unemployed | 949 (70.9) | 702 (74.0) | 247 (26.0) | 775 (81.7) | 174 (18.3) |
| Employed | 389 (29.1) | 296 (76.1) | 93 (23.9) | 335 (86.1) | 54 (13.9) |
| Mother's education: Non-literate | 485 (36.2) | 399 (82.3) | 86 (17.7) | 438 (90.3) | 47 (9.7) |
| Up to primary (Class IV) | 284 (21.2) | 214 (75.4) | 70 (24.7) | 247 (87.0) | 37 (13.0) |
| Up to middle school (Class VIII) | 370 (27.6) | 263 (71.1) | 107 (28.9) | 290 (78.4) | 80 (21.6) |
| Class IX and above | 199 (14.9) | 122 (61.3) | 77 (38.7) | 135 (67.8) | 64 (32.2) |
| Religion: Hindu and others | 915 (68.4) | 667 (70.7) | 276 (29.3) | 747 (79.2) | 196 (20.8) |
| Muslim | 395 (29.5) | 331 (83.8) | 64 (16.2) | 363 (91.9) | 32 (8.1) |
| Household characteristics | |||||
| Quintile: Poorest | 291 (22.6) | 235 (80.8) | 56 (19.2) | 260 (89.4) | 31 (10.7) |
| Poorer | 286 (22.2) | 224 (78.3) | 62 (21.7) | 251 (87.8) | 35 (12.2) |
| Middle | 262 (20.4) | 193 (73.7) | 69 (26.3) | 218 (83.2) | 44 (16.8) |
| Richer | 266 (20.7) | 195 (73.3) | 71 (26.7) | 211 (79.3) | 55 (20.7) |
| Richest | 182 (14.1) | 110 (60.4) | 72 (39.6) | 123 (67.6) | 59 (32.4) |
| Village characteristics | |||||
| Village electrified: No | 302 (23.9) | 223 (73.8) | 79 (26.2) | 251 (83.1) | 51 (16.9) |
| Yes | 957 (76.0) | 719 (75.1) | 238 (24.9) | 797 (83.3) | 160 (16.7) |
| Subcentre characteristics | |||||
| Male health worker: No | 701 (60.1) | 539 (76.9) | 162 (23.1) | 594 (84.7) | 107 (15.3) |
| Yes | 466 (40.0) | 329 (70.6) | 137 (29.4) | 372 (79.8) | 94 (20.2) |
| Equipment index: Poorest | 223 (19.2) | 186 (83.4) | 37 (16.6) | 204 (91.5) | 19 (8.5) |
| 2nd-5th quintiles | 940 (80.8) | 678 (72.1) | 262 (27.9) | 758 (80.6) | 182 (19.4) |
| Essential drug index: Poorest | 243 (21.5) | 178 (73.3) | 65 (26.8) | 189 (77.8) | 54 (22.2) |
| 2nd-5th quintiles | 888 (78.5) | 667 (75.1) | 221 (24.9) | 750 (84.5) | 138 (15.5) |
| During last month SC visited by MO/LHV/MHW: No | 409 (35.1) | 312 (76.3) | 97 (23.7) | 349 (85.3) | 60 (14.7) |
| Yes | 758 (64.9) | 556 (73.4) | 202 (26.7) | 617 (81.4) | 141 (18.6) |
Source: Calculated from DLHS-3, 2007-2008