Table 2. Receipt of required vaccinations in a pediatric sample from the Mulago Hospital Sickle Cell Disease clinic, by demographics. Overall, high levels of vaccination found except for pneumococcal (PCV-10). Polio vaccination associated with maternal employment, while receipt of PCV-10 inversely correlated with child’s age.

Vaccine requirements were established by the Ugandan Ministry of Health, following WHO standards (ref. 13). Percentages refer to the total number who received all of recommended doses for each vaccine type. Demographic features are compared within each category.

	All 10Vaccines(%)	P value	All 3 Polio (%)	P value	All 3 PV (%)	P value	All 3 PC (%)	P value	Measles (%)	P value
Number fully vaccinated	48 (46.2)		88 (84.6)		95 (91.3)		57 (54.8)		96 (92.3)
Child’s Age (months)		0.0006		0.65		0.51		<0.0001		0.17
0–23	27 (64.3)		35 (83.3)		39 (92.9)		35 (83.3)		36 (85.7)
24–47	18 (45.00)		33 (82.5)		35 (87.5)		18 (45.0)		38 (95.0)
48–71	3 (13.6)		20 (90.9)		21 (95.4)		4 (18.2)		22 (100.0)
Residence		0.09		0.33		0.96		0.09		0.23
Kampala	26 (55.3)		38 (80.8)		43 (91.5)		30 (63.8)		45 (95.7)
Outside Kampala	22 (38.6)		50 (87.7)		52 (91.2)		27 (47.4)		51 (89.5)
Maternal Education*		0.07		0.17		0.17		0.37		0.54
Up to primary school	12 (36.4)		25 (75.8)		28 (84.8)		16 (48.5)		30 (90.9)
Up to secondary school	22 (43.1)		44 (86.3)		47 (92.2)		27 (52.9)		46 (90.2)
Up to university	13 (68.4)		18 (94.7)		19 (100.0)		13 (68.4)		19 (100.0)
Mother’s Employment Status		1.00		0.007		0.08		0.55		1.00
Employed	24 (46.2)		49 (94.2)		50 (96.2)		27 (51.9)		48 (92.3)
Unemployed	24 (46.2)		39 (75.0)		45 (86.5)		30 (57.7)		48 (92.3)
Maternal Religion		0.25		0.78		0.70		0.35		0.53
Christian	32 (42.7)		63 (84.0)		69 (92.0)		39 (52.0)		70 (93.3)
Muslim	16 (55.2)		25 (86.2)		26 (89.7)		18 (62.1)		26 (89.7)

Data in bold represent p value < 0.05.

^*1 missing value

Vaccine abbreviations: PV: Pentavalent (DPT-HepB-Hib) PC: Pneumococcal (PCV-10)