Table 1 Summary statistics of child-specific, maternal and household characteristicsa
From: Inequalities in child immunization coverage in Ghana: evidence from a decomposition analysis
Characteristics | 2008 | 2014 |
|---|---|---|
Percentage | ||
Immunization coverage | 71.7 | 71.4 |
Female child | 48.4 | 48.3 |
Child delivered at health facility | 56.7 | 73.0 |
Marital or consensual union | 88.1 | 84.1 |
Distance to health facility is a problem | 28.8 | 26.8 |
Has valid health insurance | 39.1 | 65.2 |
Exposed to media | 84.4 | 90.1 |
Rural | 59.8 | 53.8 |
Age category of child | ||
 12–23 months | 26.1 | 26.1 |
 24–35 months | 23.5 | 25.6 |
 36–47 months | 24.0 | 24.8 |
 48–59 months | 26.5 | 23.5 |
Religious affiliation of mother | ||
 No/Other religion | 10.9 | 7.1 |
 Christian | 70.9 | 76.2 |
 Moslem | 18.2 | 16.7 |
Labour market status of mother | ||
 Unemployed | 9.5 | 15.7 |
 Family/Other employee | 18.6 | 20.6 |
 Self-employed | 71.9 | 63.7 |
Household wealth index | ||
 Low | 45.1 | 40.5 |
 Middle | 19.1 | 20.5 |
 High | 35.8 | 39.0 |
| Â | Mean | |
Mother’s age at birth | 28.2 | 28.7 |
Mother’s years of completed schooling | 5.8 | 6.0 |
Number of co-resident women | 0.4 | 0.3 |
Number of observations | 2147 | 4386 |