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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the children and family on determinants of measles vaccination dropout among 12–23 months children in Awash district Afar Regional State, Ethiopia 2018.(N = 487)

From: Determinants of measles vaccination dropout among 12 − 23 months aged children in pastoralist community of Afar, Ethiopia

Variables

Category

Case, n = 166 (100%)

Control, n = 321 (100%)

Maternal age

≤ 20 years

20–29 years

30–39 years

≥ 40 years

22 (13.3)

28 (16.9)

66 (39.8)

50 (30.0)

50 (15.6)

58 (18.1)

135 (42.1)

78 (24.3)

Child age

12–18 months

19–23 Months

101(60.8)

65 (39.2)

174 (54.2)

147 (45.8)

Child sex

Male

Female

77 (46.4)

89 (53.6)

150 (46.7)

171 (53.3)

Religious

Muslim

Christian

128 (77.1)

38 (22.9)

215 (67.0)

106 (33.0)

Ethnicity

Algona

Afar

Oromo

Amhara

Tigrian

Wolaita

Others *

44 (26.5)

35 (21.1)

35 (21.1)

27 (16.3)

3 (1.8)

17 (10.2)

5 (3.0)

102 (31.8)

70 (21.8)

55 (17.1)

53 (16.5)

14 (4.4)

12 (3.7)

15 (4.7)

Mother education

No Formal education

Formal education

80 (48.2)

86 (51.8)

113 (35.2)

208 (64.8)

Mother occupation

Housewife

Employed

123 (74.1)

43 (25.9 )

237 (73.8)

84 (26.2)

Marital status

Unmarried Others

Married

18 (10.8)

148 (89.2)

14 (4.4)

307 (95.6)

Father education

No Formal education

Formal education

94 (56.6)

72 (43.4)

146 (45.5)

175 (54.5)

Father occupation

Unemployed

Employed

25 (15.1)

141 (84.9)

17 (5.3)

304 (94.7)

Family size

≤ Five

> Five

118 (71.1)

48 (28.9)

251(78.2)

70 (21.8)

House Hold income

≤ 1500 ETB

> 1500 ETB

43 (25.9)

123 (74.1)

49 (15.3)

272 (84.7)

  1. *Gurage, Somali and Sidamo