Determinants of Noncompletion of the Third Dose of Tetanus Toxoid Vaccine in Pregnant Women in Dschang Health District, Cameroon

Table 1

Sociodemographic and obstetrical characteristics of participants according to the number of doses of TTV.

Variables	Number of doses of TTV						OR (95% CI)	value
	<three doses		≥three doses		Total
	N = 172		N = 208		N = 380
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Age (mean ± SD)	26.17 ± 4.85 yrs		28.79 ± 5.26 yrs		27 ± 5.2 yrs
Age groups								0.005
17–19	8	4.7	5	2.3	13	3.4	3.07 (0.78–11.49)
20–25	81	47.1	65	31.3	146	38.4	2.28 (1.11–5.15)
26–35	71	41.2	115	55.3	186	48.9	1.98 (0.62–6.75)
35 and above	12	7	23	11.1	35	9.3	1
Health facilities								0,014
District hospital	97	51.6	91	48.4	188	49.47	1.66 (1.11–2.49)
St. Vincent hospital	75	39.06	117	60.94	192	50.52	1
Profession								0.278
Housewife	18	10.5	25	12.0	43	11.3	1.49 (0.64–3.47)
Student	62	36.0	59	28.4	121	31.8	2.17 (1.08–4.34)
Private/public salary earner	92	53.5	124	59.6	216	56.8	1
Level of education								0.676
Primary	29	16.8	30	14.4	59	15.5	1.25 (0.71–2.46)
Secondary	93	54.1	110	52.9	203	53.4	1.14 (0.72–1.81)
Higher	50	29.1	68	32.7	118	31.1	1
Marital status								0,002
Single	69	40.1	45	21.6	114	30.0	2.43 (1.54–3.84)
Married	103	59.9	163	78.4	266	70.0	1
Parity								<0.0001
Paucipara	94	54.6	71	34.1	165	43.4	2.2 (1.11–3.36)
Multipara	66	38.4	117	56.3	183	48.2	1.23 (0.78–2.23)
Grand multipara	12	7	20	9.6	32	8.4	1
Number of antenatal consultations during the last pregnancy								<0.0001
≤2	35	79.54	9	20.45	44	11.57	5,64 (2,63–12,12)
≥3	137	40.77	199	59.22	336	88.42	1
Health facility where antenatal consultation was done								<0.0001
Integrated health center	11	68.75	5	31.25	16	4.21	2.48 (0.82–7.69)
Private health center	25	71.42	10	28.57	35	9.21	2.82 (1.27–6.25)
District hospital	77	47.23	86	52.77	163	42.89	1.15 (0.76–1.7)
Confessional hospital	59	35.75	106	64.24	168	43.42	1

Paucipara: 1-2 deliveries; multipara: 3–5 deliveries; grand multipara: more than 5 deliveries; ANC: antenatal consultations.