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Table 1 Summary Statistics for the Dominican Republic 2007 for Children aged 0–59 Months

From: Does birth under-registration reduce childhood immunization? Evidence from the Dominican Republic

 

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Variables

N

mean

sd

min

max

Dependent variables:

Number of vaccines

5,157

7.630

1.990

0

9

BCG uptake

5,157

0.984

0.127

0

1

HEPB uptake

5,157

0.943

0.232

0

1

DTP1 uptake

5,157

0.925

0.264

0

1

DTP2 uptake

5,157

0.843

0.364

0

1

DTP3 uptake

5,157

0.730

0.444

0

1

OPV1 uptake

5,157

0.948

0.222

0

1

OPV2 uptake

5,157

0.859

0.348

0

1

OPV3 uptake

5,157

0.699

0.459

0

1

MCV uptake

5,157

0.699

0.459

0

1

Proportion of age-due vaccines (age > 12 months)

3,478

0.589

0.291

0

1

Complete vaccination at 7 months of age

4,314

0.235

0.424

0

1

Complete vaccination at 13 months of age

4,315

0.231

0.422

0

1

Endogenous variable:

Child without birth certificate

5,157

0.188

0.390

0

1

Instrumental variables:

Distance to nearest registry in km

5,157

4.849

4.147

0.036

28.6

Mother without document of identification

5,157

0.107

0.309

0

1

Rest of controls:

Child is a girl

5,157

0.474

0.499

0

1

Card (seen)

5,157

0.709

0.454

0

1

Current age of the child (months)

5,157

30.03

17.54

0

59

Aged 0-2 months

5,157

0.02

0.141

0

1

Aged 3-6 months

5,157

0.09

0.291

0

1

Aged 7-12 months

5,157

0.100

0.301

0

1

Birth order

5,157

2.519

1.313

1

5

Born in hospital/health center

5,157

0.982

0.134

0

1

Mother's schooling in years

5,157

8.344

4.391

0

19

Mother works

5,157

0.291

0.454

0

1

One parent born abroad

5,157

0.042

0.201

0

1

Wealth index

5,157

2.333

1.302

1

5

Rural área

5,157

0.440

0.496

0

1

No water/electricity

5,157

0.033

0.179

0

1

Vaccinated in a campaign

5,157

0.354

0.478

0

1

Health center far away

5,157

0.296

0.456

0

1

Distance to nearest immunization center in km

5,157

2.360

2.375

0.008

18.4

Immunization center attends morning and afternoon

5,157

0.705

0.456

0

1

  1. Source: Dominican Republic DHS (2007)