Table 1.

Descriptive characteristics of child samples across Ethiopia and India in 2006.

		Ethiopia		India
Variable	Categories	Total: N(%)	Completed 4 vaccinations: N(%)	Total: N(%)	Completed 4 vaccinations: N(%)
Maternal literacy	Illiterate	740 (64.0)	636 (85.9)	885 (60.8)	841 (95.0)
	Literate	417 (36.0)	397 (95.2)	570 (39.2)	543 (95.2)
Paternal literacy	Illiterate	485 (41.9)	406 (83.7)	572 (39.3)	541 (94.6)
	Literate	672 (58.1)	627 (93.3)	883 (60.7)	843 (95.5)
Maternal age	30 ≦	572 (49.4)	514 (89.9)	1152 (79.2)	1097 (95.2)
	30 >	585 (50.6)	519 (88.7)	303 (20.8)	287 (94.7)
Gender of child	Male	617 (53.3)	555 (90.0)	770 (52.9)	728 (94.5)
	Female	540 (46.7)	478 (88.5)	685 (47.1)	656 (95.8)
Sibling status*	With Sibling	865 (74.8)	762 (88.1)	639 (43.9)	612 (95.8)
	Only child	292 (25.2)	271 (92.8)	816 (56.1)	772 (94.6)
Wealth	Poorest	225 (19.4)	208 (92.4)	309 (19.3)	282 (91.3)
	Poor	221 (19.1)	204 (92.3)	288 (19.8)	271 (94.1)
	Middle	234 (20.2)	206 (88.0)	287 (19.7)	281 (97.9)
	Wealthy	237 (20.5)	207 (87.3)	293 (20.1)	284 (96.9)
	Wealthiest	240 (20.7)	208 (86.7)	278 (19.1)	266 (95.7)
Type of residence	Rural	733 (63.4)	644 (87.9)	362 (75.1)	320 (88.4)
	Urban	424 (36.6)	389 (91.7)	1093 (24.9)	1064 (97.3)
Region	(Ethiopia)
	Addis Ababa	198 (17.1)	195 (98.5)
	Amhara	272 (23.5)	250 (91.9)
	Oromia regional state	220 (19.0)	192 (87.3)
	Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’ region	312 (27.0)	242 (77.6)
	Tigray	155 (13.4)	154 (99.4)
	(India)
	Coastal Andhra			492 (33.8)	472 (95.9)
	Rayalaseema			459 (31.6)	450 (98.0)
	Telangana			504 (34.6)	462 (95.9)
Existence of a state-run health center in community	No	841 (72.7)	761 (90.5)	1228 (84.4)	1161 (94.5)
	Yes	316 (27.3)	272 (86.1)	227 (15.6)	223 (98.2)
Existence of community	No	423 (36.6)	363 (85.8)	710 (48.8)	664 (93.5)
health workers in community	Yes	734 (63.4)	670 (91.3)	745 (51.2)	720 (96.6)
Total		1,157 (100)		1,455 (100)

*At the time of the first round of the survey.