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Table 4 Prevalence of tetanus immunity by parents’ marital status, Ethnicity, family size, and tetanus immunization history

From: Prevalence and socio-demographic factors associated with non-protective immunity against tetanus among high school adolescents girls in Nigeria

 

N

Level tetanus immunity

UOR (95% CI)

AOR (95% CI)

Non-protective

Protective

  

n

%

n

%

Age (years)

851

527

61.9

324

38.1

1.21 (1.09, 2.52)

1.09 (1.02, 3.07)

Type of school

       

• Public schools

710

464

65.4

246

34.6

2.34 (1.62, 3.37)

2.14 (1.39, 3.20)

• Private schools

141

63

44.7

78

55.3

1

1

Parents marital status

       

• Single parents

17

12

70.6

5

29.4

1.54 (0.54, 4.41)

1.28 (0.31, 4.12)

• Married living with spouse

732

446

60.9

286

39.1

1

1

• Divorced/separated

102

69

67.6

33

32.4

1.34 (0.86, 2.08)

1.13 (0.49, 2.47)

No. of mother’s children

       

• 1 – 4

98

60

61.2

38

38.8

0.97 (0.63, 1.49)

0.55 (0.34, 1.91)

• >4

753

467

62.0

286

38.0

1

1

Child’s positiona

       

• First

245

146

59.6

99

40.4

1

1

• 2nd – 4th

531

332

62.5

199

37.5

1.13 (0.83, 1.54)

1.09 (0.84, 1.53)

• Beyond 4th

75

49

65.3

26

34.7

1.28 (0.74, 2.19)

1.16 (0.57, 2.09)

History of recent TT injection

       

• Yes

39

7

17.9

32

82.1

0.12 (0.05, 0.28)

0.11 (0.09, 0.22)

• No

812

519

63.9

293

36.1

1

1

Age and Type of schoolb

     

-

1.01 (0.69, 1.18)

  1. aAmong mother’s children, binteraction term, UOR – Unadjusted Odds ratio, AOR – Adjusted Odds ratio.