Table 2.
Baseline characteristics of study participants and their immunisation coverage in Bangladesh, 2014 (n=6230)
| Characteristics of sample | Frequency (%) | Fully immunised % (95% CI) |
| Immunisation status | ||
| Partially/unimmunised | 874 (14.03) | |
| Fully immunised | 5356 (85.97) | |
| Area of residence | ||
| Urban | 1577 (25.32) | 88.50 (86.83 to 89.98) |
| Rural | 4653 (74.68) | 85.11 (84.06 to 86.10) |
| Division | ||
| Rajshahi | 642 (10.30) | 86.16 (83.26 to 88.62) |
| Barisal | 352 (5.65) | 84.89 (80.75 to 88.27) |
| Chittagong | 1336 (21.45) | 85.38 (83.38 to 87.18) |
| Dhaka | 2187 (35.11) | 88.81 (87.42 to 90.07) |
| Khulna | 468 (7.51) | 89.01 (85.84 to 91.55) |
| Rangpur | 624 (10.01) | 91.48 (89.01 to 93.43) |
| Sylhet | 622 (9.98) | 69.81 (66.08 to 73.30) |
| Sex | ||
| Male | 3236 (51.94) | 85.57 (84.31 to 86.73) |
| Female | 2994 (48.06) | 86.40 (85.13 to 87.58) |
| Age category (in months) | ||
| 12–23 | 1630 (26.17) | 83.97 (82.10 to 85.67) |
| 24–35 | 1560 (25.04) | 86.68 (84.90 to 88.28) |
| 36–47 | 1529 (24.55) | 86.63 (84.83 to 88.24) |
| 48–59 | 1510 (24.24) | 86.72 (84.91 to 88.34) |
| Birth order | ||
| 1 | 2346 (37.66) | 88.35 (86.99 to 89.59) |
| 2 | 1880 (30.18) | 87.66 (86.09 to 89.07) |
| ≥3 | 2003 (32.16) | 81.59 (79.83 to 83.22) |
| Mother’s age | ||
| <20 years | 690 (11.07) | 86.85 (84.12 to 89.18) |
| 20–34 years | 5011 (80.43) | 85.97 (84.98 to 86.91) |
| 35 years and more | 529 (8.50) | 84.75 (81.43 to 87.57) |
| Family size (members) | ||
| Small (<4) | 772 (12.39) | 86.35 (83.74 to 88.59) |
| Medium (4–6) | 3609 (57.93) | 87.88 (86.77 to 88.90) |
| Large (>6) | 1849 (29.68) | 82.08 (80.26 to 83.76) |
| Mother’s education | ||
| No education | 1053 (16.91) | 76.77 (74.13 to 79.23) |
| Primary | 1740 (27.93) | 81.17 (79.27 to 82.94) |
| Secondary | 2870 (46.07) | 90.62 (89.50 to 91.64) |
| Higher | 566 (9.09) | 94.22 (91.97 to 95.87) |
| Father’s education | ||
| No education | 1683 (27.02) | 78.64 (76.61 to 80.53) |
| Primary | 1843 (29.58) | 84.84 (83.13 to 86.41) |
| Secondary | 1857 (29.81) | 90.21 (88.77 to 91.48) |
| Higher | 847 (13.60) | 93.69 (91.83 to 95.14) |
| Mass media access | ||
| Yes | 2546 (40.87) | 90.62 (89.42 to 91.69) |
| No | 3684 (59.13) | 82.75 (81.50 to 83.94) |
| Wealth index | ||
| Poorest | 1438 (23.08) | 76.13 (73.85 to 78.26) |
| Poorer | 1160 (18.62) | 85.32 (83.16 to 87.24) |
| Middle | 1184 (19.01) | 89.07 (87.17 to 90.73) |
| Richer | 1260 (20.23) | 88.10 (86.20 to 89.78) |
| Richest | 1187 (19.05) | 93.16 (91.58 to 94.46) |
| Child’s healthcare decision-maker | ||
| Herself | 934 (15.25) | 88.08 (85.84 to 90.01) |
| Jointly with husband | 3577 (58.37) | 87.94 (86.84 to 88.97) |
| Husband alone | 1249 (20.38) | 79.08 (76.73 to 81.25) |
| By other | 368 (6.00) | 88.30 (84.59 to 91.21) |
| Mother’s healthcare decision-maker | ||
| Herself | 764 (12.46) | 89.23 (86.82 to 91.24) |
| Jointly with husband | 3208 (52.33) | 87.91 (86.74 to 88.99) |
| Husband alone | 1797 (29.32) | 81.78 (79.93 to 83.50) |
| By other | 361 (5.88) | 86.23 (82.27 to 89.42) |