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

Table 4.

Factors associated with immunization (measles, yellow fever) of children aged 12–23 months – Multivariate weighted logistic regression (Senegal DHS 2016 – n = 1,143).

  Measles vaccine
Yellow fever vaccine
  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 1
 Female       0.61[0.38;0.98]
Birth order        
 1 (ref.) 1 NS NS NS
 2–3        
 4+        
Mother’s age at birth        
 14–19 NS NS NS NS
 20–30 (ref.)        
 >30        
Mother’s education level        
 No education (ref.) 1 1 1 1
 Primary 1.86[0.93;3.72] 1.42[0.62;3.23] 2.02[0.96;4.22] 1.28[0.55;2.99]
 Secondary or higher 7.08[3.08;16.27] 5.55[2.48;12.45] 9.71[4.05;23.30] 6.74[2.78;16.36]
Household head’s education level        
 No education (ref.) NS NS NS NS
 Primary        
 Secondary or higher        
 Missing        
Household wealth quintile        
 Poorest NS NS NS NS
 Poorer        
 Middle (ref.)        
 Richer        
 Richest        
Place of residence        
 Urban (ref.) NS NS NS NS
 Rural        
Region        
 North (ref.) 1 NS 1 1
 West 3.20[1.38;7.44]   2.77[1.15;6.64] 2.17[0.92;5.10]
 Center 2.34[1.30;4.20]   2.58[1.37;4.85] 2.04[1.18;3.53]
 South 0.95[0.53;1.69]   0.80[0.43;1.48] 1.15[0.68;1.96]
Number of previous vaccinations††   4.34[3.49;5.41]   4.90[3.93;6.11]

†: Adjusted odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals.

††: from 0 to 3: BCG, Pentavalent, Polio.

Ref.: reference category for categorical covariates.

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