Table 3.
Associated factors of childhood vaccination practices among mothers/care givers in Debre Tabor, Northwest Ethiopia, 2022 (n = 422).
| Variables | Categories | Childhood vaccination practice | COR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | Poor | ||||
| Age | 18–27 | 82 (77.4) | 24 (22.6) | 2.27 (1.24–4.17) | 1.53 (0.70–3.35) |
| 28–33 | 75 (68.8) | 34 (31.2) | 1.47 (0.83–2.59) | 1.29 (0.60–2.78) | |
| 34–42 | 63 (58.9) | 44 (41.1) | 0.95 (0.54–1.66) | 1.08 (0.51–2.29) | |
| 43–80 | 60 (60.0) | 40 (40.0) | 1 | 1 | |
| Do you fear the side effects of vaccination? | Yes | 204 (85.5) | 34 (14.3) | 8.52 (5.34–13.59) | 3.34 (1.72–6.49)** |
| No | 76 (41.3) | 108 (58.7) | |||
| Workload | No workload | 45 (90.0) | 5 (10.0) | 3.11 (1.07–9.06) | 6.08 (1.74–21.22)* |
| Medium workload | 68 (93.2) | 5 (6.8) | 4.70 (1.64–13.51) | 4.80 (1.57–14.71)* | |
| High workload | 115 (50.2) | 114 (49.8) | 0.34 (0.19–0.63) | 1.35 (0.61–3.00) | |
| Very high workload | 52 (74.3) | 18 (25.7) | 1 | 1 | |
| Relationship with the child/children? | Mother | 253 (73.1) | 93 (26.9) | 4.83 (2.85–8.20) | 2.55 (1.27–5.13)* |
| Caregiver | 27 (36.0) | 48 (64.0) | 1 | 1 | |
| Attitude toward vaccination | Negative | 98 (51.3) | 93 (48.7) | 1 | 1 |
| Positive | 182 (78.8) | 49 (21.2) | 3.52 (2.03–5.38) | 2.25 (1.32–3.82)** | |
| Knowledge of vaccination | Poor | 61 (38.1) | 99 (61.9) | 1 | 1 |
| Good | 219 (83.6) | 43 (16.4) | 8.26 (5.23–13.05) | 3.88 (2.26–6.68)* | |
AOR, adjusted odds ratio; COR, crud odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.
Hosmer and Lemeshow test = 0.662.
*
<0.05; **<0.005.