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Table 1 Effect of demographic profile on immunization status of children

From: Effect of Covid pandemic on immunization status of children in tertiary care Hospital of North India: reason for partial and non-immunization a cross-sectional study

Sociodemographic factor

Completely immunized (n = 162) Number (%; 95% CI)

Partially immunized/unimmunized (n = 63) Number (%; 95% CI)

Reference independent variable: AORa (95% CI)b

P value

Sex

Male: 0.89 (0.50–1.61)

0.708

 Male (n = 133)

97 (72.9; 65–81)

36 (27.1; 19–35)

 Female (n = 92)

65 (72.0; 61–80)

28 (29.3; 20–39)

Address

Delhi: 0.69 (0.38–1.26)

0.227

 Delhi (n = 146)

109 (74.7; 68–82)

37 (25.3; 18–32)

 Outside (n = 79)

53 (67.1; 56–78)

26 (32.9; 22–44)

Place of delivery

Hospital delivery: 0.31 (0.16–0.60)

 < 0.001

 Hospital (n = 175)

136 (77.7; 71–84)

39 (22.3; 16–29)

 Home (n = 50)

26 (52.0; 38–66)

24 (48.0; 34–62)

Birth order

Birth order ≤ 2: 0.46 (0.25–0.84)

0.011

  ≤ 2 (n = 147)

114 (77.6; 71–84)

33 (22.4; 16–29)

  > 2 (n = 78)

48 (61.5; 50–73)

30 (38.5; 27–50)

Birth weight

Birth weight ≤ 2.5 kg: 0.87 (0.48–1.56)

0.64

  ≤ 2.5 kg (n = 127)

93 (73.2; 65–81)

34 (26.8; 19–35)

  > 2.5 kg (n = 198)

69 (70.4; 61–80)

69 (29.6; 20–39)

Immunization status of siblings

Completely immunized sibling: 0.04 (0.01–0.12)

 < 0.01

 Complete (n = 145)

118 (81.4; 75–88)

27 (18.6; 12–25)

 Partial/unimmunized (n = 33)

5 (15.2; 2–28)

28 (84.6; 72–98)

Socioeconomic status

Upper/upper middle/lower middle: 1.14 (0.45–2.92)

0.78

 Upper/upper middle/lower middle (n = 23)

16 (69.4; 49–90)

7 (30.4; 10–51)

 Upper lower/lower (n = 202)

146 (72.3; 66–79)

56 (27.7; 21–34)

Education of father

Illiterate: 3.30 (1.16–9.40) Primary: 2.60 (0.79–8.57) Middle/high/inter mediate: 1.05 (0.39–2.87) Graduation/professional: 0.58 (0.23–1.50)

0.005

 Illiterate (n = 67)

36 (53.7; 41–66)

31 (46.3; 34–59)

 Primary (n = 28)

19 (67.9; 49–86)

9 (32.1; 14–51)

 Middle/high/Intermediate (n = 105)

85 (81.0; 73–89)

20 (19.0; 11–27)

 Graduation/professional (n = 25)

22 (88.0; 74–100)

3 (12.0; 2–26)

Education of mother

Illiterate: 6.31 (1.72–23.13) Primary: 3.47 (0.82–14.71) Middle/high/intermediate: 1.73 (0.47–6.34)

 < 0.01

 Graduation/professsional: 0.32 (0.09–1.10)

 Illiterate (n = 52)

29 (55.8; 42–70)

23 (44.2; 30–58)

 Primary (n = 26)

16 (61.5; 41–82)

10 (38.5; 18–59)

 Middle/high/Intermediate (n = 116)

91 (79.8; 72–87)

23 (20.2; 13–28)

 Graduation/professional (n = 31)

25 (80.0; 66–95)

6 (19.4; 5–34)

  1. aAOR-Adjusted odds ratio
  2. bPartially/unimmunized cases is the dependent variable