Table 2.

Percentage of children age 12–35 months who received MCV1 at any time before the survey (weighted) by background characteristics, Ethiopia, 2016

Background Characteristics	Total number of Children		Children who received MCV1
	N	%	N	%
Individual level characteristics
Child Age (in Months) (Mean = 22.95 (SD ± 7.04)
12–23	1976	51.0	1069	54.1
24–35	1901	49.0	1036	54.5
Sex of child
Male	1935	49.9	1056	54.6
Female	1941	50.1	1049	54
Birth Order
1	753	19.4	451	59.9
2–3	1161	29.9	674	58.1
4–5	900	23.2	475	52.8
6+	1063	27.4	505	47.5
Wanted child
Wanted then	2832	73.1	1491	52.7
Wanted later	702	18.1	430	61.3
Wanted no more	343	8.8	183	53.5
DPT1-HepB1-Hib1 vaccine
Not vaccinated	1158	29.9	121	10.4
Vaccinated	2718	70.1	1984	73
DPT3-HepB3-Hib3 vaccine
Not vaccinated	1983	51.2	505	25.5
Vaccinated	1893	48.8	1599	84.5
Maternal age (years)
15–19	137	3.5	77	56.2
20–34	2850	73.5	1587	55.7
35–49	889	22.9	441	49.6
Religion
Orthodox	1349	34.8	887	65.8
Muslim	1530	39.5	617	40.4
Protestant	861	22.2	529	61.4
Othersa	136	3.5	71	52.2
Mother’s educational
No education	2474	63.8	1188	48
Primary	1100	28.4	669	60.8
Secondary & Higher	302	7.8	248	82.1
Husband/partner’s education (N = 3655)
No education	1746	47.8	820	47
Primary	1462	40.0	838	57.3
Secondary & Higher	447	12.2	319	71.4
Mother’s occupation
Did not work	2071	53.4	1024	49.4
Non-Professional	1731	44.7	1025	59.2
Professional	74	1.9	56	75.7
Father’s occupation (N = 3655)
Did not work	275	7.5	111	40.2
Nonprofessional	620	17.0	303	48.9
Professional	2760	75.5	1564	56.7
Maternal relation to the household dead
Wife	3091	79.7	1670	54
Head	406	10.5	224	55.2
Daughter	211	5.4	122	57.8
Othersb	169	4.4	89	52.7
Sex of the household head
Male	3314	85.5	1792	54.1
Female	562	14.5	312	55.5
Number of living children				0
1	684	17.6	413	60.4
2–3	1281	33.0	759	59.3
4–5	1022	26.4	529	51.8
6+	890	23.0	404	45.4
Maternal health care decision making (N = 3655)
Jointly with her husband	2439	66.7	1333	54.7
Husband/partner alone	727	19.9	351	48.3
By herself alone	479	13.1	286	59.6
Others	10	0.3	8	80
Wealth index
Poorest	965	24.9	412	42.7
Poorer	860	22.2	445	51.7
Middle	808	20.8	419	51.9
Richer	676	17.4	393	58.1
Richest	567	14.6	436	76.9
Mass Media Exposure
Not regular	3154	81.4	1601	50.8
Regular	722	18.6	504	69.7
Community level characteristics
Region
Addis Ababa	95	2.5	90	93.8
Tigray	279	7.2	227	81.1
Afar	42	1.1	12	28.6
Amhara	718	18.5	434	60.4
Oromia	1712	44.2	722	42.1
Somali	132	3.4	47	35.6
Benishangul Gumuz	43	1.1	32	76.2
SNNPR	818	21.1	517	63.1
Gambella	10	0.2	6	60
Harari	10	0.2	5	50
Dire Dawa	17	0.4	14	82.4
Residence
Urban	433	11.2	337	77.8
Rural	3443	88.8	1768	51.4
Distance to health facility
Big Problem	2332	60.2	1114	47.8
Not a big problem	1545	39.8	991	64.1
Total	3876	100	2105	54.3

^aCatholic, traditional and other unclassified

^bDaughter-in-low, sister, other relative, no relation