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. 2017 Jul 4;9(4):234–242. doi: 10.1093/inthealth/ihx020

Table 3.

Basic demographics: female head-of-household by child´s vaccination status

Not fully vaccinated Full vaccination p-value
(n=1143) (n=475)
Age of respondent 26 (22–30) 25 (21–30) 0.038
Age category 0.023
Missing, n(%) 129 (11.3%) 24 (5.1%)
 15–19 years 9.4% 14.9%
 20–24 years 30.6% 31.9%
 25–29 years 30.0% 27.0%
 30–34 years 14.5% 16.0%
 35–39 years 13.9% 7.4%
 40–44 years 1.3% 1.7%
 >44 years 0.3% 1.0%
Marital status NS
 Single 6.0% 8.6%
 Married/common law 88.3% 87.7%
 Divorced/separated 3.0% 2.0%
 Widowed 2.6% 1.7%
Years of education 2 (0–4) 3 (0–5) <0.001
Education category <0.001
 None (0 years) 43.8% 30.6%
 Some primary (1–6 years) 49.3% 52.1%
 Primary completed (7 years) 3.3% 6.0%
 Some secondary (8–11 years) 2.7% 9.8%
 Secondary completed (12 years) 0.8% 1.1%
 Superior (>12 years) 0.1% 0.4%
Household size 4 (3–5) 4 (3–5) NS
Respondent understands Portuguese 25.8% 36.7% <0.001
Ethnic group identity
 Elomwe 43.6% 40.2% NS
 Cinyanja 58.9% 59.1% NS
Religion
 Catholic 45.5% 49.5%
 Protestant 23.3% 26.6%
 Evangelical and Pentecostal 19.0% 13.1%
 Other Christian 7.1% 5.1%
 Islam 1.6% 4.1%
 Other 2.9% 1.4%
Urban/rural NS
 Rural 86.2% 79.3%
 Urban 13.8% 20.7%
Household has electricity 9.8% 17.2% 0.004
Household has radio 44.4% 55.1% <0.001
Household has television 4.2% 11.0% <0.001
Respondent has mobile phone 19.6% 31.1% <0.001
EA distance to health facility (km), median (IQR) 9.9 (6.4–13.2) 8.7 (5.2–10.8) <0.001
EA distance to health facility (km) <0.001
 <10 km 50.7% 64.5%
 10 km or more 49.3% 35.5%

Continuous variables are reported as weighted estimates of median (interquartile range), with each observation being weighted by the inverse of the household sampling probability.

Catergorical variables are reported as weighted percentages, with each observation being weighted by the inverse of the household sampling probability.

Percentages may not sum to 100%.

NS: values that were not significant at a p<0.05.