Table 4.

Inequities in full vaccination coverage in Ethiopia associated with socioeconomic, geographic, maternal, and child characteristics. Inequities in full vaccination coverage (1-dose BCG, 3-dose DTP3-HepB-Hib, 3-dose polio, 1-dose measles (MCV1), 3-dose PCV3, and 2-dose rotavirus vaccines) among children aged 12–23 months associated with socioeconomic (household wealth), geographic (area of residence, region), maternal (maternal age at birth, maternal education, sex of household head), and child (sex of child, birth order) characteristics, based on multiple logistic regression estimates of adjusted odds ratios (mean and 95% confidence intervals).

	Adjusted Odds Ratios	p-value
Household wealth (quintiles)
poorest (referent)
poorer	1.77 (1.03, 3.04)	0.04
middle	1.74 (0.98, 3.10)	0.05
richer	2.38 (1.34, 4.24)	0.003
richest	2.71 (1.15, 6.41)	0.02
Area of residence
rural (referent)
urban	1.46 (0.57, 3.76)	0.44
Region
Afar (referent)
Tigray	8.87 (3.38, 23.28)	<0.001
Amhara	3.57 (1.37, 9.33)	0.009
Oromia	1.67 (0.65, 4.31)	0.28
Somali	2.02 (0.71, 5.76)	0.19
Benishangul	6.81 (2.55, 18.17)	<0.001
Southern Nations, Nationalities & People	2.22 (0.84, 5.84)	0.11
Gambela	2.23 (0.85, 5.85)	0.10
Harari	2.28 (0.87, 5.99)	0.10
Addis Ababa	7.51 (2.45, 23.01)	<0.001
Dire Dawa	7.43 (2.53, 21.83)	<0.001
Maternal age at birth (years)
15–19 (referent)
20–34	1.46 (0.88, 2.43)	0.14
35–49	0.92 (0.47, 1.81)	0.82
Maternal education
none (referent)
primary	1.56 (1.08, 2.24)	0.02
secondary/higher	2.22 (1.03, 4.79)	0.04
Sex of household head
male (referent)
female	0.51 (0.33, 0.77)	0.001
Sex of child
male (referent)
female	1.11 (0.81, 1.54)	0.51
Birth order
4th born or higher (referent)
First to 3rd born	1.08 (0.76, 1.53)	0.66