Socioeconomic inequalities in non- coverage of full vaccination among children in Bangladesh: a comparative study of Demographic and Health Surveys, 2007 and 2017-18.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Vaccination is considered as a powerful and cost-effective weapon against many communicable diseases. An increase in full vaccination among the most vulnerable populations in Bangladesh was observed in the last decade. This study aimed to capture the socioeconomic inequalities in non-coverage of full vaccination among children aged 12-23 months using the nationally representative data from the Bangladesh Demographic and Health Surveys (BDHS).

Methods

Data for this study have been drawn from the 2007 and 2017-18 BDHS, which covered 10,996 and 20,127 ever-married women aged 15-49 years in 2007 and 2017-18, respectively. Binary logistic regression analysis was performed to find the factors associated with children who did not receive full vaccination. Further, the co

SUBMITTER: Srivastava S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8793237 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature