Socioeconomic-related inequities in child immunization: horizontal and vertical dimensions for policy insights

Health Economics Review

Table 1 Proportion of children between 13–60 months with incomplete and complete immunisation across socioeconomic status

	% of Children under Illiterate Household Head		% of Children under Graduate or Above Household Head
Variables	Incomplete	Complete	Incomplete	Complete
Male	31.49	68.50	24.39	75.60
Female	29.93	70.06	24.42	75.57
Age 13–23	45.31	54.68	32.44	67.55
Age 24–33	36.58	63.41	32.67	67.32
Age 34–43	28.23	71.76	22.61	77.38
Age 44–60	22.32	77.67	16.69	83.30
Observation	3,017	7,069	884	2,445
	% of Children under lowest 20% CE Quintile		% of Children under Top 20% CE Quintile
Variables	Incomplete	Complete	Incomplete	Complete
Male	34.54	65.45	23.89	76.10
Female	33.22	66.77	24.04	75.95
Age 13–23	48.06	51.93	36.92	63.07
Age 24–33	39.74	60.25	30.63	69.36
Age 34–43	31.80	68.19	22.67	77.32
Age 44–60	25.04	74.95	15.27	84.72
Observation	2,273	4,532	2,230	6,192

Complete: All eight mandatory vaccine uptake; Incomplete: Less than or equal to seven mandatory vaccine uptake; Proportion is calculated at sample weight; Age: is expressed in terms of the months of children; CE: Per-Capita Monthly Consumption Expenditure (categorised into five quintile); Source: Social Consumption - Health Survey- NSS 75th Round (2017-18); Authors’ own calculation

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