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. 2017 Mar 21;3(3):e00265. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2017.e00265

Table 2.

Family characteristic-related factors of childhood vaccination status.

Fully immunised
<N=187> (%)
Partially immunised <N=130> (%) Crude OR (95% CI) p-value
Sex of children 0.35
 Boy 95 (50.80) 73 (56.15) References
 Girl 92 (49.20) 57 (43.85) 1.24 (0.79–1.94)
Mean maternal age (years) ± SD 28.41 ± 0.46 28.33 ± 0.62 0.91
Maternal ethnicity <0.01
 Laolum 155 (83.33) 79 (60.77) References
 Non Laolum 31 (16.67) 51 (39.23) 0.31 (0.18–0.53)
Maternal occupation <0.01
 farmer 103 (55.08) 99 (78.15) References
 not farmers 84 (44.92) 31 (23.85) 2.60 (1.57–4.33)
Maternal education 0.03
 Primary school 81 (44.02) 73 (56.59) References
 More than primary school 103 (55.98) 56 (43.41) 1.66 (1.05–2.61)
Mean paternal age (years) ± SD 33.59 ± 0.68 35.14 ± 0.75 0.66
Paternal ethnicity <0.01
 Laolum 144 (83.24) 77 (61.11) References
 Non Laolum 29 (16.76) 49 (38.89) 0.32 (0.19–0.54)
Paternal occupation* <0.01
 farmer 87 (50.29) 85 (67.46) References
 not farmers 86 (49.71) 41 (32.54) 2.05 (1.26–3.33)
Paternal education** <0.01
 Primary school 51 (29.65) 60 (47.62) References
 More than primary school 121 (70.35) 66 (52.38) 2.16 (1.34–3.48)
Mean number of children (children) ± SD (<15 years old) 2.44 ± 0.08 2.27 ± 0.13 0.23

CI; 95% confidence interval.

Fully immunised– BCG, diphtheria-tetanus perttusis (DTP) (3 doses), polio (3 doses), and measles vaccines.

*

There are 18 missing values.

**

There are 19 missing values.