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. 2019 Sep 30;16(2):363–370. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2019.1649553

Table 3.

Factors associated with immunization (BCG, Pentavalent and polio vaccines) of children aged 12–23 months – Multivariate weighted logistic regressions (Senegal DHS 2016 – n = 1,143).

  BCG vaccine
Pentavalent vaccine
Polio vaccine
  OR 95% CI†† OR 95% CI††
Model A
OR 95% CI††
Model B
OR 95% CI††
Model A
OR 95% CI††
Model B
Sex of the child          
 Male (ref.) NS NS NS NS NS
 Female          
Birth order          
 1 (ref.) 1 NS NS NS NS
 2–3 1.21[0.57;2.56]        
 4+ 0.24[0.10;0.56]        
Mother’s age          
 14–19 0.37[0.17;0.81] NS NS NS NS
 20–30 (ref.) 1        
 >30 2.50[1.15;5.41]        
Mother’s education level          
 No education (ref.) NS 1 1 1 1
 Primary   3.04[1.56;5.89] 3.60[1.80;7.20] 2.60[1.43;4.72] 2.41[1.32;4.40]
 Secondary or higher   4.43[1.50;13.07] 6.26[2.21;17.76] 2.86[1.30;6.27] 2.51[1.12;5.61]
Household head’s education level          
 No education (ref.) NS NS NS NS NS
 Primary          
 Secondary or higher          
 Missing          
Household wealth quintile          
 Poorest NS 0.42[0.18;1.01] NS NS NS
 Poorer   0.63[0.28;1.42]      
 Middle (ref.)   1      
 Richer   0.82[0.22;3.07]      
 Richest   9.07[0.99;82.69]      
Place of residence          
 Urban (ref.) NS NS NS NS NS
 Rural          
Region          
 North (ref.) 1 1 1 1 NS
 West 8.74[1.12;68.39] 2.32[0.76;7.07] 3.07[0.84;11.24] 1.39[0.65;2.96]  
 Center 3.88[1.76;8.57] 3.26[1.40;7.58] 2.61[1.03;6.57] 1.51[0.76;3.02]  
 South 0.68[0.33;1.40] 0.84[0.36;1.93] 0.83[0.38;1.80] 0.61[0.30;1.22]  
BCG vaccine at birth          
 No (ref.) ___ ___ 1 ___ 1
 Yes     18.75[9.09;38.67]   10.05[5.89;17.13]

†: three doses completed.

††: Adjusted odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals.

Ref.: reference category for categorical covariates.

NS: non statistically significant (p > 0.05) after stepwise selection.