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. 2017 Jun 30;13(9):2111–2122. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2017.1336590

Table 1.

Summary of characteristics of the Nigerian Demographic and Health Survey, 2013.

        Non-vaccinated
Variable Unweighted sample size Weighted Percentage(95% CI)   No Yes p-value
Polio vaccination            
 Non-vaccinated 1,173 21.3 (19.5 to 23.2)        
 Under vaccinated 2,785 48.6 (46.7 to 50.6)        
 Fully vaccinated 1,796 30.1 (28.3 to 32.0)        
Individual-level            
Sex           0.327
 Female 2,744 48.0 (46.5 to 49.5)   78.1 21.9  
 Male 3.010 52.0 (50.5 to 53.5)   79.3 20.7  
Age (in years)           0.0002
 15–24 1,613 28.8 (27.4 to 30.3)   74.4 25.6  
 25–34 2,842 48.9 (47.3 to 50.5)   81.1 18.9  
 35–49 1,299 22.3 (20.9 to 23.7)   79.1 21.9  
Wealth index           0.0001
 Poorer 1,866 33.6 (30.9 to 36.3)   66.8 33.2  
 Middle 1,885 31.3 (29.0 to 33.4)   77.7 22.3  
 Richer 2,003 35.1 (32.8 to 37.5)   91.1 08.9  
Education           0.0001
 No education 2,607 47.6 (45.0 to 50.2)   67.6 32.4  
 Primary 1,116 18.0 (16.7 to 19.4)   82.7 17.3  
 Secondary+ 2,301 34.4 (32.3 to 36.7)   92.0 08.0  
Employment status           0.0001
 Current working 3,816 71.1 (69.2 to 72.8)   82.6 17.4  
 Not working 1,938 28.9 (27.2 to 30.7)   69.3 30.7  
No media access           0.0001
 No 4,106 67.2 (65.2 to 69.2)   84.4 15.6  
 Yes 1,648 32.8 (30.8 to 34.8)   67.2 32.8  
Neighborhood-level            
Place of residence           0.0001
 Urban 1,922 35.9 (33.5 to 38.2)   85.9 14.1  
 Rural 3,832 64.1 (61.7 to 66.5)   74.7 25.3  
Geopolitical region           0.0001
 North Central 862 13.9 (12.4 to 15.6)   82.2 17.8  
 North East 1,169 17.3 (15.7 to 19.1)   53.7 46.3  
 North West 1,753 35.5 (33.2 to 37.8)   79.1 20.9  
 South East 550 09.3 (07.9 to 10.9)   92.2 07.8  
 South South 722 10.0 (08.9 to 11.3)   89.7 10.3  
 South West 698 13.9 (12.3 to 15.6)   88.8 11.2  
Poverty rate           0.0001
 Low 2,965 50.6 (47.2 to 54.0)   87.4 12.6  
 High 2,798 49.4 (46.0 to 52.7)   69.8 30.2  
Unemployment rate           0.0001
 Low 2,946 51.0 (47.0 to 55.0)   85.6 14.4  
 High 2,808 49.0 (45.0 to 53.0)   71.6 28.4  
 Illiteracy rate           0.0001
 Low 2,951 51.2 (48.1 to 54.3)   88.7 11.3  
 High 2,803 48.8 (45.7 to 51.8)   78.7 21.3