. 2022 Jan 7;22:40. doi: 10.1186/s12913-021-07443-8

Table 3.

Bivariate comparison of predictors of vaccination completion among children aged 12–23 months by sub-region in Uganda (UDHS 1995-2016

Variable	Central 1 (n = 841)			East Central (n = 864)			Northern (n = 831)			Southwest (n = 1008)
Variable	Children (%)	All*	p	Children (%)	All*	p	Children (%)	All*	p	Children (%)	All*	p
*Household Characteristics*
*Place of Residence*
Rural	79.6	41.7	0.004*	92.3	36.2	0.012*	92.4	45.7	0.005*	90.8	56.3	0.042*
Urban	20.4	56.5	0.004*	7.7	51.6	0.012*	7.6	59.6	0.005*	9.2	66.7	0.042*
*Religious affiliation*
Catholic	41.1	44.5	0.844	21.2	37.9	0.390	59.9	49.8	0.058*	35.5	54.8	0.196
Protestants	25.8	45.0		42.5	37.5		31.6	39.8		53.1	60.2
Muslims	21.6	42.2		26.1	33.1		0.4	44.9		2.9	46.8
Pentecostal + Others	11.5	49.8		10.1	46.7		8.3	52.5		8.5	52.3
*Wealth index*
Poorest	4.7	35.6	0.061	24.7	34.8	0.605	46.9	45.2	< 0.001*	12.0	50.0	0.292
Second	10.4	47.5		21.8	34.7		24.6	52.0		19.3	57.1
Middle	16.3	54.1		21.8	35.6		15.4	30.0		28.3	60.7
Fourth	27.1	35.3		19.9	41.6		7.6	54.0		27.1	54.4
Richest	41.6	47.6		11.8	44.1		5.5	73.3		13.4	62.2
*Maternal Characteristics*
*Maternal age*
15–24	41.5	40.7	0.127	39.1	34.1	0.327	39.8	50.6	0.127	30.8	56.2	0.494
25–34	42.1	35.3		44.4	39.8		41.0	46.3		50.6	59.0
35–49	16.4	47.6		16.5	38.8		19.2	39.7		18.5	54.0
*Maternal education*
No education	11.5	33.6	0.001*	16.0	26.6	< 0.001*	17.8	36.5	0.002*	23.1	48.9	0.005*
Primary	58.1	40.8		63.7	34.9		72.1	46.2		61.2	57.8
Secondary	24.6	55.1		17.6	49.9		8.4	70.0		11.6	71.2
Higher	5.8	61.9		2.6	78.8		1.7	62.3		4.2	56.4
*Marital Status*
Never married	6.3	44.3	0.369	2.9	59.6	0.081	3.1	40.7	0.336	1.8	47.9	0.667
Married	82.1	46.0		89.3	37.2		86.7	47.8		89.7	57.6
Separated/divorced/widowed	11.6	36.0		7.7	31.1		10.2	39.7		8.5	55.1
*Maternal working Status*
Not working	33.8	41.1	0.280	14.3	38.4	0.858	26.2	41.5	0.205	9.6	58.5	0.816
Working	66.2	46.6	0.280	85.7	37.2	0.858	73.8	48.6	0.205	90.4	57.2	0.816
*Child Characteristics*
*Sex of child*
Male	56.0	42.5	0.226	51.0	37.1	0.868	47.3	49.2	0.201	50.2	58.7	0.319
Female	44.0	47.6	0.226	49.0	37.7	0.868	52.7	44.5	0.201	49.8	55.5	0.319
*Birth order*
1	19.5	41.2	0.019*	17.3	38.2	0.987	20.2	51.3	0.032*	15.6	65.9	0.035*
2–3	36.5	53.8		27.3	37.0		27.5	53.0		34.5	54.1
4–5	23.4	38.2		24.2	36.5		20.5	45.9		21.5	61.2
6+	20.7	39.5		31.2	38.0		32.0	38.9		28.4	53.3
*Size at birth*
Very large	10.1	36.7	0.367	8.0	43.5	0.369	3.1	45.8	0.018*	6.3	60.9	0.001*
Above average	18.9	44.6		27.6	32.1		17.3	57.8		25.8	53.6
Average	53.2	43.5		43.7	39.8		56.5	44.4		53.6	62.7
Below average	11.4	52.7		14.2	40.1		18.7	40.3		10.6	41.0
Very small	6.4	53.9		6.5	30.3		4.4	60.4		3.7	43.7
*Health Utilization Characteristics*
*Health card*
No card	43.1	14.1	< 0.001*	42.9	13.9	< 0.001*	37.6	15.5	< 0.001*	34.8	27.6	< 0.001*
Yes	56.9	68.0	< 0.001*	57.1	55.1	< 0.001*	62.4	65.5	< 0.001*	65.2	73.1	< 0.001*
*Antenatal care Visit*
None	3.9	32.0	0.364	3.9	15.8	0.022*	3.4	24.7	0.017*	6.5	43.0	0.001*
1–3	41.3	42.9		43.9	35.6		44.2	43.0		49.2	53.1
4+	54.8	47.0		52.2	40.5		52.2	51.3		44.3	63.9
*Tetanus Toxoid Injection*
None	21.6	31.7	0.002*	15.8	22.2	< 0.001*	17.9	29.2	< 0.001*	28.4	47.8	0.001*
Yes	78.4	48.3	0.002*	84.2	40.2	< 0.001*	82.1	50.6	< 0.001*	71.6	61.0	0.001*
*Place of delivery*
Home	33.9	35.0	0.008*	31.8	31.6	0.201	49.4	39.3	0.004*	59.1	53.8	0.027*
Public health facilityr	34.3	50.5		45.6	41.3		40.0	55.5		30.2	64.9
Private health facility	31.3	48.6		21.9	37.6		9.6	48.7		9.4	53.7
Others	0.5	71.8		0.6	39.3		1.0	47.1		1.2	60.9

*p < 0.05 at 5% level of statistical significance