Table 1 Descriptive characteristics of children (3–9 years) after hepatitis B vaccination
Characteristic | Total (n = 911) | Undocumented vaccination history (n = 740) | Documented vaccination history (n = 171) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No doses (n = 10) | 1 dose (n = 5) | 2 doses (n = 9) | ≥ 3 doses (n = 147) | |||||||||
n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | |
Sex | ||||||||||||
Male | 453 | (49.7) | 379 | (51.2) | 4 | (40.0) | 3 | (60.0) | 1 | (11.1) | 66 | (44.9) |
Female | 458 | (50.3) | 361 | (48.8) | 6 | (60.0) | 2 | (40.0) | 8 | (88.9) | 81 | (55.1) |
Birthplace | ||||||||||||
Provincial hospital | 205 | (22.5) | 133 | (18.0) | 3 | (30.0) | 2 | (40.0) | 4 | (44.4) | 63 | (42.9) |
District hospital | 105 | (11.5) | 85 | (11.5) | 1 | (10.0) | 2 | (40.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 17 | (11.6) |
Health center | 30 | (3.3) | 26 | (3.5) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 4 | (2.7) |
Private clinic | 18 | (2.0) | 17 | (2.3) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 1 | (0.7) |
Home with visiting medical staff | 535 | (58.7) | 467 | (63.1) | 6 | (60.0) | 1 | (20.0) | 5 | (55.6) | 56 | (38.1) |
At or near the home | 18 | (2.0) | 12 | (1.6) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 6 | (4.1) |
Vaccination site | ||||||||||||
Hospital | 153 | (16.8) | 109 | (14.7) | 1 | (10.0) | 2 | (40.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 41 | (27.9) |
Health center | 105 | (11.5) | 82 | (11.1) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 1 | (11.1) | 22 | (15.0) |
In the village with medical staff | 276 | (30.3) | 233 | (31.5) | 2 | (20.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 4 | (44.4) | 37 | (25.2) |
Private doctor | 6 | (0.7) | 4 | (0.5) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 2 | (1.4) |
Do not remember | 6 | (0.7) | 5 | (0.7) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 1 | (0.7) |
Other | 8 | (0.9) | 5 | (0.7) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 3 | (2.0) |
Not known/reported | 357 | (39.2) | 302 | (40.8) | 7 | (70.0) | 3 | (60.0) | 4 | (44.4) | 41 | (27.9) |
Mother’s ethnicity | ||||||||||||
Lowland Lao | 783 | (85.9) | 635 | (85.8) | 10 | (100.0) | 5 | (100.0) | 8 | (88.9) | 125 | (85) |
Highland Lao | 83 | (9.1) | 71 | (9.6) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 1 | (11.1) | 11 | (7.5) |
Hmong | 5 | (0.5) | 5 | (0.7) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) |
Unknown | 40 | (4.4) | 29 | (3.9) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 11 | (7.5) |