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Table 4 Factors associated with having been vaccinated for children born in 2006 or later in Cameroon or Senegal

From: HBV immunization and vaccine coverage among hospitalized children in Cameroon, Central African Republic and Senegal: a cross-sectional study

N (%)

  Non-vaccinateda

  Vaccinatedb

  Univariate analysis

  Multivariate analysis

 

  (n = 244)

  (n = 731)

  OR [CI95%]

  P

  OR [CI95%]

  p

Mother’s education

      

No education

  79 (33)

  101 (14)

  1

 

  1

 

Higher education (at least elementary)

  161 (67)

  625 (86)

  3.0 [2.2;4.3]

  <0.001

  2.2 [1.5;3.2]

  <0.001

Nutritional status

      

Malnutrition

  93 (39)

  169 (24)

  1

 

  1

 

No malnutrition

  147 (61)

  539 (76)

  2.0 [1.5;2.8]

  <0.001

  1.6 [1.1;2.2]

  0.011

Age

      

   <12 months

  67 (27)

  269 (37)

  2.5 [1.5; 3.9]

  <0.001

  2.7 [1.6;4.4]

  <0.001

   [12–24]

  81 (33)

  271 (37)

  2.0 [1.3; 3.2]

  0.002

  2.1 [1.3;3.4]

  0.003

   [24–36]

  55 (23)

  124 (17)

  1.4 [0.8; 2.3]

  0.21

  1.4 [0.8;2.4]

  0.21

   ≥36 months

  41 (17)

  67 (9)

  1

 

  1

 

Toilets

      

Without flushing

  190 (78)

  453 (62))

  1

 

  1

 

With flushing

  54 (22)

  277 (38)

  2.2 [1.5;3.0]

  <0.001

  1.6 [1.1;2.3]

  0.009

  1. a Children anti-HBs- and anti-HBc- or anti-HBs- and anti-HBc+
  2. b Children anti-HBs + and anti-HBc-, or based on the immunization card, with complete vaccination