Table 6 |
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Childhood immunization among adolescent mothers and adult mothers |
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| Adolescent mothers |
Adult mothers¥ |
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| Variable |
n = 442 |
% |
n = 320 |
% |
OR |
95% CI |
|
|
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| Have card where vaccinations are written |
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| No (base outcome) |
81 |
(18.4) |
30 |
(9.4) |
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| Yes |
360 |
(81.6) |
288 |
(90.6) |
0.46 |
0.30–0.72* |
| Vaccination card seen |
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| No (base outome) |
106 |
29.8 |
191 |
33.2 |
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| Yes |
250 |
70.2 |
95 |
66.8 |
1.17 |
0.83–1.66 |
| Child vaccination for the following€? |
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| (no = base outcome) |
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| BCG |
251 |
(56.8) |
190 |
(59.4) |
0.90 |
0.67–1.20 |
| Polio 0 (Polio given at birth) |
205 |
(46.4) |
161 |
(50.3) |
0.85 |
0.64–1.14 |
| Polio 1 |
212 |
(48.0) |
172 |
(53.8) |
0.79 |
0.59–1.06 |
| Polio 2 |
172 |
(38.9) |
149 |
(46.6) |
0.73 |
0.55–0.98* |
| Polio 3 |
127 |
(28.7) |
117 |
(36.6) |
0.70 |
0.51–0.95* |
| DPT 1 |
202 |
(45.7) |
163 |
(50.9) |
0.81 |
0.61–1.18 |
| DPT 2 |
155 |
(35.1) |
138 |
(43.1) |
0.71 |
0.53–0.96* |
| DPT 3 |
118 |
(26.7) |
112 |
(35.0) |
0.68 |
0.50–0.92* |
| Measles |
60 |
(13.6) |
54 |
(16.9) |
0.77 |
0.52–1.15 |
| Vitamin A (most recent) |
63 |
(14.3) |
49 |
(15.3) |
0.92 |
0.61–1.38 |
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¥reference group; *statistically significant; €data transcribed from vaccination card; N.B. Odds among adolescent mothers are divided by odds among adult mothers |
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Atuyambe et al. Reproductive Health 2008 5:13 doi:10.1186/1742-4755-5-13 |
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