Table 6.

Completion of immunization among children aged 12 to 23 months by mothers or caregivers knowledge on vaccine and VPDs in Sinana district, Bale zone, Oromia region, Southeast Ethiopia, 2012/13

Variable		Fully vaccinated		Odds ratio (95% CI)
		Yes	No	Crude	Adjusted
Ever discussed on immunization with HEWs
	Yes	372 (62.9)	74 (12.5)	3.9 (2.6, 5.8)*	2.4 (1.3, 4.2)*
	No	82 (13.9)	63 (10.7)	1.00
Ever encouraged to immunize last year
	Yes	422 (71.4)	103 (17.4)	4.4 (2.6, 7.4)*	4.9 (1.0, 21.3)*
	No	32 (5.4)	34 (5.8)	1.00
Attitude of mothers/caretakers toward vaccination
	Negative attitude	3 (0.5)	1 (0.2)	1.00
	Positive attitude	451 (76.3)	136 (23)	1.11 (0.1, 10.7)	NI
Knowledge of mothers/caretakers on vaccination
	Poor knowledge	112 (18.9)	58 (9.8)	1.00
	Good knowledge	342 (57.9)	79 (13.4)	2.2 (1.5, 3.4)	2.5 (1.5, 4.2)*

N.B: numbers in brackets are in percentage, NI- Variable not included in the model.

*Significant at P-value of <0.05.