Table 1.
Association of the characteristics of the surveyed parents/guardians with measles vaccination status. n = 495.
| Characteristics | Measles Vaccination Uptake/Status | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Fully Vaccinated | Partially/Unvaccinated | p-Value | ||||
| n = 495 (%) | n = 436 | % | n = 59 | % | |||
| Area of the study | Alsharafia | 152 (30.7) | 128 | 84.2% | 24 | 15.8% | 0.077 |
| Abo Saeed | 343 (69.3) | 308 | 89.8% | 35 | 10.2% | ||
| Mother’s Education | Illiterate | 14 (2.8) | 11 | 78.6% | 3 | 21.4% | 0.162 |
| Primary | 63 (12.7) | 51 | 81.0% | 12 | 19.0% | ||
| Secondary | 170 (34.3) | 151 | 88.8% | 19 | 11.2% | ||
| University | 248 (50.1) | 223 | 89.9% | 25 | 10.1% | ||
| Mother’s Employment | Housewife | 370 (74.7) | 323 | 87.3% | 47 | 12.7% | 0.017 *,b |
| Student | 11 (2.2) | 10 | 90.9% | 1 | 9.1% | ||
| Worker | 14 (2.8) | 12 | 85.7% | 2 | 14.3% | ||
| Officer | 50 (10.1) | 48 | 96.0% | 2 | 4.0% | ||
| Professional (e.g., Engineer) | 33 (6.7) | 32 | 97.0% | 1 | 3.0% | ||
| Self-employed | 16 (3.2) | 10 | 62.5% | 6 | 37.5% | ||
| Others | 1 (0.2) | 1 | 100.0% | 0 | 0.0% | ||
| Income Level | High | 70 (14.1) | 65 | 92.9% | 5 | 7.1% | 0.268 |
| (Self-Ranking) | Medium | 391 (79.0) | 343 | 87.7% | 48 | 12.3% | |
| Low | 34 (6.9) | 28 | 82.4% | 6 | 17.6% | ||
| Number of Children | 1 | 218 (44.0) | 185 | 84.9% | 33 | 15.1% | 0.041 * |
| 2 | 227 (45.9) | 209 | 92.1% | 18 | 7.9% | ||
| 3 and more | 50 (10.1) | 42 | 84.0% | 8 | 16.0% | ||
| Total number of household’s members | 3–4 | 178 (36.0) | 169 | 94.9% | 9 | 5.1% | 0.002 * |
| 5–6 | 159 (32.1) | 134 | 84.3% | 25 | 15.7% | ||
| 7 and more | 158 (31.9) | 133 | 84.2% | 25 | 15.8% | ||
* Statistically significant, b = Fisher’s exact test.