Table 1. Bivariate distribution of childhood immunization among children aged 12–23 months across the selected characteristics in India, 1992–2006.
1992–93 | 1998–99 | 2005–06 | |||||||
Characteristics | No Immunization | Any Immunization | Full Immunization | No Immunization | Any Immunization | Full Immunization | No Immunization | Any Immunization | Full Immunization |
Region | |||||||||
North | 28.9 | 28.6 | 42.5 | 15.0 | 45.6 | 39.4 | 6.6 | 47.4 | 46.0 |
Central | 41.2 | 36.9 | 21.9 | 25.4 | 55.0 | 19.6 | 3.8 | 67.5 | 28.7 |
East | 39.6 | 38.2 | 22.1 | 14.6 | 58.9 | 26.5 | 7.0 | 48.4 | 44.6 |
Northeast | 44.4 | 36.1 | 19.5 | 31.2 | 48.2 | 20.5 | 15.3 | 50.6 | 34.1 |
West | 11.3 | 29.4 | 59.3 | 3.4 | 31.4 | 65.2 | 3.4 | 42.6 | 54.0 |
South | 12.1 | 34.1 | 53.8 | 3.8 | 30.9 | 65.4 | 3.7 | 36.3 | 60.0 |
Place of residence | |||||||||
Urban | 16.4 | 32.9 | 50.7 | 6.3 | 38.9 | 54.8 | 3.5 | 38.9 | 57.6 |
Rural | 34.0 | 35.1 | 30.9 | 16.8 | 48.4 | 34.9 | 6.0 | 55.5 | 38.6 |
Household wealth quintile | |||||||||
Poorest | 47.0 | 35.4 | 17.6 | 26.4 | 54.9 | 18.7 | 9.4 | 66.2 | 24.4 |
Poorer | 38.6 | 37.2 | 24.2 | 20.0 | 53.6 | 26.4 | 6.3 | 60.5 | 33.2 |
Middle | 32.8 | 36.1 | 31.0 | 15.4 | 45.7 | 39.0 | 4.8 | 48.4 | 46.9 |
Richer | 21.9 | 35.9 | 42.2 | 7.3 | 42.6 | 50.0 | 2.9 | 41.8 | 55.3 |
Richest | 10.8 | 28.5 | 60.7 | 3.6 | 34.9 | 61.5 | 1.0 | 28.1 | 71.0 |
Caste | |||||||||
SCs/STs | 39.3 | 34.9 | 25.8 | 18.1 | 48.2 | 33.7 | 7.6 | 55.4 | 37.0 |
Others | 27.3 | 34.5 | 38.2 | 12.5 | 45.4 | 42.1 | 4.2 | 49.7 | 46.1 |
Religion | |||||||||
Hindu | 28.6 | 35.3 | 36.0 | 13.4 | 46.6 | 40.0 | 4.6 | 51.0 | 44.4 |
Muslim | 41.1 | 32.6 | 26.3 | 21.1 | 49.1 | 29.8 | 8.0 | 55.7 | 36.3 |
Others | 18.5 | 28.5 | 52.9 | 9.8 | 30.9 | 59.3 | 7.2 | 36.7 | 56.1 |
Overall | 30.0 | 34.6 | 35.4 | 14.4 | 46.2 | 39.4 | 5.3 | 51.1 | 43.5 |