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

Table 4. Child, maternal, and household characteristics associated with a child being covered for MMR .

El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Mexico Nicaragua Panama
N = 1950 N = 3445 N = 2003 N = 4510 N = 1510 N = 1346
OR CI OR CI OR CI OR CI OR CI OR CI
Child characteristics Female 0.949 [0.767,1.174] 0.937 [0.802,1.095] 0.938 [0.754,1.167] 0.977 [0.864,1.106] 0.863 [0.713,1.046] 1.045 [0.830,1.314]
Age in years 0 years N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
1 year 1.000 (ref) 1.000 (ref) 1.000 (ref) 1.000 (ref) 1.000 (ref) 1.000 (ref)
2 years 0.446 *** [0.340,0.585] 0.835 [0.695,1.004] 1.078 [0.826,1.408] 0.928 [0.754,1.143] 0.866 [0.621,1.206] 0.944 [0.633,1.408]
3 years 0.471 *** [0.348,0.637] 0.898 [0.736,1.095] 1.181 [0.849,1.642] 1.065 [0.872,1.302] 0.787 [0.589,1.052] 1.112 [0.804,1.539]
4 years 2.095 *** [1.498,2.929] 0.858 [0.665,1.106] 0.876 [0.630,1.219] 1.033 [0.844,1.264] 0.594 ** [0.424,0.831] 1.075 [0.745,1.549]
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 1.037 [0.699,1.539] 0.834 [0.666,1.044] 0.753 [0.467,1.213] 0.898 [0.709,1.137] 0.943 [0.594,1.497] 1.424 [0.808,2.511]
Secondary education or higher 0.857 [0.513,1.431] 0.836 [0.568,1.230] 0.590 [0.326,1.068] 0.853 [0.631,1.152] 0.702 [0.381,1.296] 1.605 [0.795,3.240]
Literate 1.208 [0.850,1.719] 1.021 [0.822,1.269] 1.257 [0.955,1.654] 1.182 [0.938,1.488] 1.096 [0.787,1.526] 1.194 [0.779,1.828]
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 1.158 [0.746,1.797] 0.871 [0.613,1.239] 1.109 [0.713,1.725] 0.961 [0.685,1.348] 1.352 [0.847,2.159] 0.854 [0.530,1.376]
Age 35–49 1.060 [0.640,1.754] 0.809 [0.535,1.223] 0.789 [0.471,1.320] 0.977 [0.654,1.458] 1.465 [0.839,2.559] 1.041 [0.578,1.873]
Parity 1 child 1.000 (ref) 1.000 (ref) 1.000 (ref) 1.000 (ref) 1.000 (ref) 1.000 (ref)
2–3 children 0.917 [0.686,1.226] 0.853 [0.672,1.083] 0.798 [0.597,1.067] 0.937 [0.769,1.142] 1.099 [0.813,1.484] 1.265 [0.804,1.989]
4–5 children 0.808 [0.563,1.161] 0.9 [0.677,1.195] 0.85 [0.607,1.191] 0.734 * [0.556,0.968] 0.818 [0.561,1.193] 1.138 [0.712,1.819]
6 + children 0.863 [0.516,1.444] 0.856 [0.602,1.217] 1.158 [0.741,1.810] 0.679 * [0.464,0.994] 0.965 [0.555,1.677] 1.067 [0.644,1.769]
Marital status Single 1.000 (ref) 1.000 (ref) 1.000 (ref) 1.000 (ref) 1.000 (ref) 1.000 (ref)
Married 0.728 [0.492,1.077] 1.433 * [1.057,1.945] 1.340 [0.965,1.861] 1.698 [0.808,3.569] 0.695 [0.457,1.057] 1.877 [0.890,3.961]
Union 0.866 [0.588,1.275] 1.402 * [1.023,1.923] 1.212 [0.905,1.623] 1.632 [0.758,3.515] 0.769 [0.546,1.082] 1.079 [0.595,1.957]
Divorced, separated, widowed, other 0.862 [0.571,1.303] 1.408 [0.943,2.103] 1.458 [0.722,2.943] 1.151 [0.546,2.429] 0.825 [0.479,1.421] 0.935 [0.455,1.921]
Employment status Employed and working 1.000 (ref) 1.000 (ref) 1.000 (ref) 1.000 (ref) 1.000 (ref) 1.000 (ref)
Homemaker 0.988 [0.675,1.447] 1.031 [0.654,1.625] 1.452 * [1.032,2.043] 1.171 [0.814,1.686] 1.402 [0.908,2.164] 0.922 [0.446,1.908]
Employed but not working, student, retired, disabled 0.787 [0.419,1.478] 0.633 [0.365,1.100] 1.944 [0.905,4.173] 0.845 [0.359,1.992] 1.484 [0.619,3.559] 1.399 [0.441,4.435]
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 1.115 [0.837,1.486] 1.356 * [1.027,1.790] 1.016 [0.726,1.423] 0.797 [0.608,1.044] 1.364 [0.912,2.040] 0.839 [0.515,1.366]
Quintile 3 1.093 [0.797,1.501] 1.110 [0.844,1.459] 1.081 [0.727,1.608] 0.839 [0.646,1.089] 0.958 [0.676,1.358] 1.168 [0.783,1.742]
Quintile 4 1.236 [0.923,1.655] 1.281 [0.945,1.736] 0.856 [0.568,1.293] 0.811 [0.603,1.091] 1.312 [0.866,1.989] 1.305 [0.816,2.086]
Quintile 5 1.259 [0.885,1.791] 1.201 [0.891,1.618] 0.702 [0.458,1.076] 0.842 [0.612,1.160] 0.907 [0.569,1.444] 0.868 [0.535,1.407]
Average asset index 0.894 [0.466,1.713] 0.613 [0.299,1.255] 0.710 [0.243,2.076] 0.818 [0.246,2.719] 1.557 [0.493,4.922] 3.759 [0.732,19.30]
Average household size 0.989 [0.910,1.074] 1.007 [0.975,1.041] 1.010 [0.958,1.065] 1.047 [0.994,1.103] 0.961 [0.904,1.023] 0.988 [0.954,1.024]
Urban household 0.808 [0.618,1.056] 0.747 [0.516,1.080] 0.828 [0.589,1.164] 1.028 [0.716,1.476] 0.914 [0.626,1.335] N/A
Female head of household 1.069 [0.802,1.424] 1.005 [0.763,1.325] 0.869 [0.660,1.145] 1.134 [0.800,1.607] 0.668 ** [0.500,0.893] 1.341 [0.995,1.808]

OR: odds ratio. CI: confidence interval.

Exponentiated coefficients; 95% confidence intervals in brackets

†Models adjusted for all variables in the table

* p<0.05

** p<0.01

*** p<0.001