Table 5. Adjusted† gender disparity ratio in coverage of full and no immunization across the selected characteristics in India, 1992–2006.
Full immunization | No Immunization | |||||
1992–93 | 1998–99 | 2005–06 | 1992–93 | 1998–99 | 2005–06 | |
Region | ||||||
North | 124 | 113 | 107 | 136 | 137 | 190 |
Central | 123 | 136 | 115 | 117 | 119 | 153 |
East | 110 | 103 | 103 | 118 | 122 | 92 |
Northeast | 95 | 128 | 99 | 112 | 107 | 105 |
West | 100 | 98 | 109 | 101 | 92 | 195 |
South | 103 | 99 | 109 | 117 | 86 | 103 |
Place of residence | ||||||
Urban | 101 | 101 | 108 | 90 | 107 | 125 |
Rural | 112 | 107 | 107 | 121 | 117 | 130 |
Household wealth quintile | ||||||
Poorest | 105 | 114 | 107 | 116 | 122 | 110 |
Poorer | 112 | 100 | 96 | 117 | 107 | 164 |
Middle | 113 | 103 | 105 | 115 | 106 | 105 |
Richer | 106 | 107 | 111 | 115 | 150 | 122 |
Richest | 106 | 103 | 102 | 118 | 115 | 154 |
Caste | ||||||
SCs/STs | 108 | 109 | 110 | 114 | 115 | 134 |
Other | 106 | 103 | 107 | 112 | 115 | 125 |
Religion | ||||||
Hindu | 107 | 105 | 107 | 117 | 124 | 136 |
Muslim | 103 | 105 | 115 | 98 | 91 | 104 |
Others | 99 | 101 | 109 | 108 | 109 | 185 |
Based on predicted percentage obtained from multinomial logit regression adjusted for birth order of index child, mother's age at birth of the child, mothers' exposure to media, current working status of mother, father's education, use of antenatal care, and possession of health card.