Table 1.
Characteristics of the sample, no-DPT prevalence and women’s empowerment levels for 50 countries. Source: DHS 2010-2019
| Unweighted mean (%) |
Unweighted SD (%) |
Weighted mean (%) |
Weighted SD (%) |
Range |
Median (%) |
Interquartile range |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
|
|
Lowest (%)
|
Highest (%)
|
P25 (%)
|
P75 (%)
|
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| Sex of the child |
Female |
49.1 |
2.0 |
48.8 |
1.6 |
44.2 |
55.5 |
49.2 |
47.9 |
50.0 |
|
| Male |
50.9 |
2.0 |
51.2 |
1.6 |
44.5 |
55.8 |
50.8 |
50.0 |
52.1 |
||
| Place of residence |
Rural |
64.6 |
17.1 |
67.1 |
11.4 |
17.8 |
92.4 |
67.8 |
55.7 |
73.9 |
|
| Urban |
35.4 |
17.1 |
32.9 |
11.4 |
7.6 |
82.2 |
32.2 |
26.1 |
44.3 |
||
| Immunisation indicator |
No-DPT |
11.6 |
11.1 |
13.0 |
10.0 |
0.5 |
43.3 |
9.2 |
2.7 |
17.2 |
|
| SWPER domains | Social independence |
Low |
31.9 |
19.1 |
29.1 |
16.4 |
0.5 |
78.2 |
31.2 |
14.6 |
45.6 |
| Medium |
34.7 |
7.4 |
34.7 |
6.0 |
17.2 |
50.6 |
35.1 |
29.8 |
39.6 |
||
| High |
33.4 |
18.8 |
36.2 |
15.5 |
4.6 |
77.8 |
30.9 |
18.4 |
44.0 |
||
| Decision-making |
Low |
20.6 |
18.6 |
22.1 |
14.8 |
1.3 |
77.7 |
13.7 |
6.4 |
36.7 |
|
| Medium |
29.7 |
9.3 |
27.4 |
7.5 |
9.7 |
50.2 |
29.9 |
24.3 |
34.2 |
||
| High |
49.7 |
22.1 |
50.5 |
17.5 |
8.4 |
87.7 |
54.8 |
30.9 |
66.3 |
||
| Attitude towards violence | Low |
24.4 |
17.9 |
24.2 |
13.9 |
0.4 |
64.0 |
21.7 |
11.2 |
34.9 |
|
| Medium |
19.2 |
8.4 |
19.3 |
6.7 |
1.0 |
40.9 |
19.7 |
14.4 |
25.2 |
||
| High | 56.4 | 22.4 | 56.5 | 17.3 | 13.8 | 98.5 | 55.2 | 41.0 | 68.7 | ||
SD – standard deviation, DPT – diphtheria, pertussis, and tetanus, SWPER – Survey-based Women’s Empowerment