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. 2021 Feb 12;21:351. doi: 10.1186/s12889-021-10364-0

Table 2.

Summary of included secondary analyses

Variables Group Total (N = 116)
N %
Publication metric
 Publish time period 2006–2011 26 22.4
2012- August 2018 90 77.6
 Country of affiliationsa High income 80 68.9
Low-middle income 36 31.0
 Country analyzed Multiple countries 37 31.9
Single country 79 68.1
 Affiliations match with survey countriesb Yes 38 48.1
No 41 51.9
 Survey year (last year) before 2011 84 72.4
2012–2018 32 27.6
 Publication delay Mean (SD) 5.4 (2.6)
Within 5 years 66 56.9
More than 5 years 50 43.1
Analyses content
 Survey types DHS 100 86.2
MICS 7 6.0
Both 9 7.8
 Outcomes Specific immunization 55 41.7
Complete/full immunization 53 40.2
Partial or incomplete immunization 12 9.4
Never vaccinated 11 8.3
Otherc 1 0.8
 Type of analysis Factors associated 77 55.4
Inequalities 21 15.1
Timeliness 12 8.6
Trends 16 11.5
Others 13 9.4
Proxies for “quality”
 How persons without documented vaccination were handled Caregiver recall used 86 74.1
Recall excluded 12 10.3
Not mentioned 17 14.6
From other sourcesd 1 0.9
 Percentage of documented vaccination seen Mentioned 36 31.0
No mentioned 80 69.0
 Weighted analysis Yes 67 57.8
No 4 3.4
Not mentioned 45 38.8
 Potential survey biases Listed 54 46.6
Not listed 62 53.4
 Limitation(s) of secondary analyses Listed 89 76.7
Not listed 27 23.3

aThe affiliations of first and corresponding authors separately counted; most of them (110/116) were from the same affiliation or income-level country. For those with first and corresponding author had a different affiliation (6/116), the higher income-level was used for classification

bOnly secondary analyses using survey data from single country are included here (i.e., multi-country analyses exclude from this row)

cThe one outcome listed as “other” was on knowledge about Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine

dInformation from administrative activities (e.g., vaccination records kept by health facilities), censuses, and vital registration systems was referred