Table 5 Effect of Lack of Birth Certificate on Timely Vaccination
From: Does birth under-registration reduce childhood immunization? Evidence from the Dominican Republic
(5.1) | (5.2) | (5.3) | |
|---|---|---|---|
Proportion of age-due vaccines (children aged 0-59 months) | Up to date vaccinations at 7 months (children aged >7 months) | Up to date vaccinations at 12 months (children aged > 12 months) | |
Child without birth certificate | -0.108** | -0.020 | -0.265*** |
(0.054) | (0.093) | (0.080) | |
Card (seen) | 2.181*** | ||
(0.088) | |||
Aged 0-2 months | 0.121*** | ||
(0.046) | |||
Aged 3-6 months | -0.164*** | ||
(0.015) | |||
Aged 7-12 months | -0.033* | -0.040 | |
(0.019) | (0.027) | ||
Child is a girl | 0.023** | 0.032* | 0.016 |
(0.012) | (0.018) | (0.021) | |
Birth order | -0.021*** | -0.023*** | -0.018** |
(0.005) | (0.008) | (0.009) | |
Born in hospital/health center | 0.031 | -0.037 | -0.041 |
(0.051) | (0.090) | (0.099) | |
Mother's schooling in years | 0.002 | 0.001 | -0.004 |
(0.002) | (0.003) | (0.004) | |
Mother works | 0.002 | 0.015 | 0.020 |
(0.014) | (0.021) | (0.024) | |
One parent born abroad | -0.078** | -0.123*** | -0.121* |
(0.035) | (0.047) | (0.064) | |
Rural area | -0.009 | -0.018 | -0.003 |
(0.015) | (0.027) | (0.031) | |
No water/electricity | -0.087*** | -0.132** | -0.151** |
(0.033) | (0.058) | (0.070) | |
Health center far away | -0.002 | -0.021 | 0.016 |
(0.013) | (0.022) | (0.025) | |
Vaccinated in a campaign | -0.050*** | -0.051** | -0.052** |
(0.014) | (0.020) | (0.022) | |
Dist to immun center in km | -0.000 | -0.002 | -0.007 |
(0.003) | (0.006) | (0.007) | |
Immun cent attends morning/afternoon | 0.033** | 0.051** | 0.022 |
(0.013) | (0.021) | (0.024) | |
Constant | -1.551*** | ||
(0.087) | |||
Observations | 3478 | 3066 | 2594 |