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. 2017 Mar 23;7:14. doi: 10.1186/s13561-017-0149-3

Table 1.

Summary Statistics for the Dominican Republic 2007 for Children aged 0–59 Months

(1.1) (1.2) (1.3) (1.4) (1.5)
Variables N mean sd min max
Dependent variables:
Number of vaccines 5,157 7.630 1.990 0 9
BCG uptake 5,157 0.984 0.127 0 1
HEPB uptake 5,157 0.943 0.232 0 1
DTP1 uptake 5,157 0.925 0.264 0 1
DTP2 uptake 5,157 0.843 0.364 0 1
DTP3 uptake 5,157 0.730 0.444 0 1
OPV1 uptake 5,157 0.948 0.222 0 1
OPV2 uptake 5,157 0.859 0.348 0 1
OPV3 uptake 5,157 0.699 0.459 0 1
MCV uptake 5,157 0.699 0.459 0 1
Proportion of age-due vaccines (age > 12 months) 3,478 0.589 0.291 0 1
Complete vaccination at 7 months of age 4,314 0.235 0.424 0 1
Complete vaccination at 13 months of age 4,315 0.231 0.422 0 1
Endogenous variable:
Child without birth certificate 5,157 0.188 0.390 0 1
Instrumental variables:
Distance to nearest registry in km 5,157 4.849 4.147 0.036 28.6
Mother without document of identification 5,157 0.107 0.309 0 1
Rest of controls:
Child is a girl 5,157 0.474 0.499 0 1
Card (seen) 5,157 0.709 0.454 0 1
Current age of the child (months) 5,157 30.03 17.54 0 59
Aged 0-2 months 5,157 0.02 0.141 0 1
Aged 3-6 months 5,157 0.09 0.291 0 1
Aged 7-12 months 5,157 0.100 0.301 0 1
Birth order 5,157 2.519 1.313 1 5
Born in hospital/health center 5,157 0.982 0.134 0 1
Mother's schooling in years 5,157 8.344 4.391 0 19
Mother works 5,157 0.291 0.454 0 1
One parent born abroad 5,157 0.042 0.201 0 1
Wealth index 5,157 2.333 1.302 1 5
Rural área 5,157 0.440 0.496 0 1
No water/electricity 5,157 0.033 0.179 0 1
Vaccinated in a campaign 5,157 0.354 0.478 0 1
Health center far away 5,157 0.296 0.456 0 1
Distance to nearest immunization center in km 5,157 2.360 2.375 0.008 18.4
Immunization center attends morning and afternoon 5,157 0.705 0.456 0 1

Source: Dominican Republic DHS (2007)