The decrease in childhood vaccination coverage and its sociodemographic determinants, the Netherlands, birth cohorts 2008 to 2020.

ABSTRACT: INTRODUCTIONChildhood vaccination coverage has declined in recent years in many countries, including the Netherlands.AIMTo understand differences in coverage between population subgroups in the Netherlands over time, we studied sociodemographic factors associated with measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) and diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis-poliomyelitis (DTaP-IPV) vaccination.METHODSWe conducted a national retrospective database study including children born between 2008 and 2020. Individual-level data linkage allowed examination of associations of sociodemographic variables with MMR and DTaP-IPV vaccination status at age 2 years. We calculated coverage for each variable, stratified by birth cohort. Multivariable Poisson regression assessed independent associations and changes in coverage over time.RE

SUBMITTER: Pijpers J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12495380 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature