Table 3. Characteristics associated with unvaccinated and vaccinated children with PCV10.
Variables | Unvaccinated† | Vaccinated‡ | p value |
yes (%) | no (%) | ||
Pneumococcal nasopharyngeal colonization | |||
Yes | 113 (51.4) | 415 (38.9) | 0.001 |
No | 107 (48.6) | 652 (61.1) | |
Age-group at enrollment | |||
7–11 months | 114 (51.8) | 593 (55.6) | 0.308 |
15–18 months | 106 (48.2) | 474 (44.4) | |
Gender | |||
Male | 109 (49.5) | 569 (53.5) | 0.306 |
Female | 111 (50.5) | 498 (46.7) | |
No. of children<10 years old in household | |||
≥3 | 56 (25.6) | 116 (10.9) | <0.001 |
≤2 | 163 (74.4) | 951 (89.1) | |
Mother’s schooling | |||
≤8 years | 96 (43.8) | 286 (26.9) | <0.001 |
>8 years | 123 (56.2) | 777 (73.1) | |
Day-care attendance | |||
No | 210 (95.5) | 1006 (94.4) | 0.519 |
Yes | 10 (4.5) | 60 (5.6) | |
Total | 220 (17.1) | 1067 (82.9) |
Defined as children who did not receive any dose at all (n = 96) or 1 dose before 12 months of age (n = 124).
Defined as children who received 2 (n = 365) or 3 (n = 397) doses before 12 months of age or 1 cacth up dose >12 months of age (n = 291).