Children of more empowered women are less likely to be left without vaccination in low- and middle-income countries: A global analysis of 50 DHS surveys.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To help provide a global understanding of the role of gender-related barriers to vaccination, we have used a broad measure of women's empowerment and explored its association with the prevalence of zero-dose children aged 12-23 months across many low- and middle-income countries, using data from standardized national household surveys.

Methods

We used data from Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) of 50 countries with information on both women's empowerment and child immunisation. Zero-dose was operationally defined as the proportion of children who failed to receive any doses of the diphtheria, pertussis, and tetanus containing vaccines (DPT). We measured women's empowerment using the SWPER Global, an individual-level indicator estimated for women aged 15-49 year

SUBMITTER: Wendt A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8943525 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature