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. 2015 Oct 27;10(10):e0139680. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0139680

Table 2. Child, maternal, and household characteristics associated with a child having a vaccine card .

El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Mexico Nicaragua Panama
N = 2968 N = 4677 N = 2613 N = 5840 N = 1983 N = 1679
OR CI OR CI OR CI OR CI OR CI OR CI
Child characteristics Female 1.133 [0.863,1.488] 1.000 [0.839,1.192] 0.812 [0.618,1.066] 1.311 *** [1.125,1.528] 0.778 * [0.611,0.990] 0.892 [0.634,1.255]
Age in years 0 years 1.000 (ref) 1.000 (ref) 1.000 (ref) 1.000 (ref) 1.000 (ref) 1.000 (ref)
1 year 0.727 [0.479,1.103] 1.086 [0.827,1.427] 0.952 [0.555,1.633] 1.863 *** [1.429,2.428] 0.594 * [0.378,0.932] 0.492 * [0.271,0.895]
2 years 0.700 [0.438,1.116] 0.937 [0.731,1.202] 0.545 ** [0.361,0.823] 1.771 *** [1.327,2.363] 0.416 *** [0.259,0.667] 0.380 *** [0.222,0.649]
3 years 0.556 ** [0.369,0.838] 0.975 [0.724,1.313] 0.484 ** [0.296,0.792] 1.944 *** [1.454,2.600] 0.348 *** [0.231,0.525] 0.389 *** [0.245,0.618]
4 years 0.467 ** [0.278,0.786] 0.775 [0.575,1.044] 0.348 *** [0.209,0.582] 1.680 *** [1.246,2.265] 0.262 *** [0.150,0.458] 0.305 *** [0.183,0.508]
Maternal characteristics Attained education No education 1.000 (ref) 1.000 (ref) 1.000 (ref) 1.000 (ref) 1.000 (ref) 1.000 (ref)
Primary education 0.935 [0.529,1.652] 1.057 [0.816,1.370] 0.764 [0.426,1.370] 1.283 [0.888,1.853] 1.010 [0.594,1.718] 2.018 * [1.025,3.972]
Secondary educationor higher 1.064 [0.568,1.994] 0.965 [0.611,1.523] 0.390 ** [0.202,0.755] 1.293 [0.843,1.983] 0.810 [0.383,1.714] 1.645 [0.790,3.422]
Literate 1.200 [0.812,1.775] 0.923 [0.701,1.217] 1.326 [0.920,1.911] 1.535 ** [1.159,2.033] 0.947 [0.638,1.406] 1.126 [0.682,1.858]
Age in years Age 15–19 1.000 (ref) 1.000 (ref) 1.000 (ref) 1.000 (ref) 1.000 (ref) 1.000 (ref)
Age 20–34 1.686 * [1.064,2.673] 0.859 [0.586,1.260] 1.311 [0.735,2.339] 1.297 [0.936,1.797] 1.528 [0.889,2.625] 0.792 [0.405,1.548]
Age 35–49 2.126 * [1.125,4.018] 0.936 [0.595,1.472] 0.810 [0.445,1.473] 1.410 [0.873,2.276] 1.985 [0.985,3.997] 0.961 [0.407,2.271]
Parity 1 child 1.000 (ref) 1.000 (ref) 1.000 (ref) 1.000 (ref) 1.000 (ref) 1.000 (ref)
2–3 children 1.172 [0.810,1.697] 1.042 [0.801,1.356] 0.791 [0.515,1.216] 1.017 [0.752,1.376] 1.005 [0.684,1.478] 1.803 * [1.074,3.027]
4–5 children 1.051 [0.653,1.690] 1.056 [0.747,1.492] 0.698 [0.413,1.182] 1.046 [0.693,1.579] 1.115 [0.657,1.890] 1.806 * [1.069,3.050]
6 + children 1.211 [0.593,2.474] 0.969 [0.619,1.517] 1.002 [0.541,1.857] 1.057 [0.607,1.842] 0.781 [0.392,1.555] 1.288 [0.650,2.552]
Marital status Single 1.000 (ref) 1.000 (ref) 1.000 (ref) 1.000 (ref) 1.000 (ref) 1.000 (ref)
Married 1.088 [0.655,1.807] 1.100 [0.768,1.576] 1.300 [0.761,2.223] 1.457 [0.645,3.292] 0.962 [0.568,1.632] 1.432 [0.515,3.982]
Union 0.804 [0.495,1.304] 1.085 [0.778,1.513] 0.952 [0.639,1.419] 1.461 [0.654,3.263] 1.219 [0.800,1.857] 0.810 [0.411,1.595]
Divorced, separated, widowed, other 1.234 [0.714,2.132] 1.002 [0.595,1.687] 1.041 [0.480,2.258] 1.403 [0.582,3.380] 0.940 [0.430,2.057] 0.737 [0.335,1.623]
Employment status Employed and working 1.000 (ref) 1.000 (ref) 1.000 (ref) 1.000 (ref) 1.000 (ref) 1.000 (ref)
Homemaker 1.264 [0.818,1.954] 1.398 [0.920,2.126] 1.322 [0.885,1.975] 1.609 * [1.083,2.389] 1.548 * [1.021,2.346] 1.169 [0.532,2.567]
Employed but not working, student, retired, disabled 0.755 [0.355,1.603] 0.842 [0.499,1.422] 1.645 [0.604,4.479] 1.661 [0.622,4.440] 1.252 [0.374,4.195] 3.072 [0.659,14.32]
Household characteristics Expenditure quintile Quintile 1 1.000 (ref) 1.000 (ref) 1.000 (ref) 1.000 (ref) 1.000 (ref) 1.000 (ref)
Quintile 2 1.092 [0.684,1.746] 1.513 * [1.103,2.076] 1.082 [0.730,1.602] 0.926 [0.642,1.335] 1.483 * [1.027,2.142] 0.835 [0.476,1.463]
Quintile 3 0.763 [0.481,1.211] 1.178 [0.852,1.629] 1.067 [0.706,1.611] 0.897 [0.635,1.268] 1.176 [0.825,1.677] 1.222 [0.744,2.007]
Quintile 4 0.788 [0.479,1.296] 1.254 [0.857,1.834] 0.870 [0.560,1.352] 0.837 [0.584,1.200] 1.179 [0.757,1.836] 1.750 * [1.001,3.059]
Quintile 5 0.539 * [0.332,0.876] 1.243 [0.895,1.725] 0.772 [0.456,1.307] 0.735 [0.475,1.138] 0.757 [0.454,1.262] 1.014 [0.548,1.874]
Average asset index 3.225 * [1.187,8.760] 0.445 [0.161,1.229] 0.971 [0.197,4.774] 3.006 [0.792,11.41] 6.220 * [1.540,25.11] 2.849 [0.254,31.92]
Average household size 1.016 [0.925,1.116] 1.032 [0.991,1.075] 0.975 [0.908,1.047] 1.007 [0.953,1.065] 1.001 [0.938,1.068] 0.998 [0.951,1.048]
Urban household 1.180 [0.688,2.022] 1.012 [0.623,1.644] 1.023 [0.477,2.191] 1.383 [0.600,3.189] 0.968 [0.449,2.086] 0.791 [0.361,1.732]
Female head of household 0.663 * [0.485,0.907] 0.925 [0.663,1.290] 0.943 [0.644,1.382] 1.013 [0.651,1.574] 0.834 [0.620,1.121] 1.313 [0.888,1.940]

OR: odds ratio. CI: confidence interval.

Exponentiated coefficients; 95% confidence intervals in brackets

* p<0.05

** p<0.01

*** p<0.001

†Models adjusted for all variables in the table