Vaccination Coverage and Associated Factors among Children Aged 12–23 Months in Debre Markos Town, Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of parents in Debre Markos town, Amhara Regional State, North West Ethiopia, September 2016. ().

Variables	Frequency ()	Percentage (%)
Relation of the respondent to the child
Biological parent	269	93.4
Nonbiological parent	19	6.6
Age
15–25	61	21.2
26–35	193	67
36–45	34	11.8
Religious affiliation
Orthodox Christian	279	96.9
Muslim	5	1.7
Protestant	4	1.4
Marital status
Not married	17	5.9
Married	254	88.2
Divorced	11	3.8
Widowed	6	2.1
Ethnicity
Amhara	285	99
Oromo	1	0.3
Tigre	2	0.7
Educational status
Not educated	25	8.7
Primary education	36	12.5
High school	164	56.9
College/university	63	21.9
Occupational status
Employed	245	85.1
Non employed	43	14.9
Family size
≤3	68	23.6
>3	220	76.4
Household monthly income in Ethiopian Birr
<1000	18	6.3
1000–25000	42	14.6
>2500	228	79.1
Living condition
Both parents are alive	257	89.2
Mother only	12	4.2
Both parents are not alive	19	6.6