Associated Factors for Dropout of First Vs Third Doses of Diphtheria Tetanus Pertussis (DPT) Vaccination in Nepal

Table 3

Cross tabulation between predisposing factor and DPT1 Vs DPT3 dropout.

Characteristics	No dropout	Dropout	χ ^2 value	value
Sex of child
Male	1283 (84.0%)	244 (16.0%)	0.018	0.894
Female	1146 (84.2%)	215 (15.8%)
Social structure
Education
Noneducated	719 (81.9%)	159 (18.1%)	4.634	0.031
Educated	1710 (85.1%)	300 (14.9%)
Father education
Uneducated	316 (80.6%)	76 (19.4%)
Educated	2102 (84.7%)	380 (15.3%)	4.216	0.040
Mother occupation
Not working	1034 (80.2%)	255 (19.8%)	25.982	0.000
Working	1396 (87.2%)	205 (12.8%)
Father occupation
Nonworking	54 (78.3%)	15 (21.7%)	1.756	0.185
Working	2330 (84.2%)	438 (15.8%)
Use of Internet
Never	1942 (83.5%)	383 (16.5%)	2.731	0.255
Yes, last 12 months	459 (86.3%)	73 (13.7%)
Yes, before last 12 months	28 (87.5%)	4 (12.5%)
Frequency of using Internet last month
Not at all	1996 (83.5%)	393 (16.5%)	8.749	0.033
Less than once a week	49 (77.8%)	14 (22.2%)
At least once a week	142 (85.5%)	24 (14.5%)
Almost everyday	241 (89.6%)	28 (10.4%)
Household has radio
No	1642 (85.0%)	289 (15.0%)	16.855	0.000
Yes	589 (84.9%)	105 (15.1%)
Not a Terai resident	198 (75.3%)	65 (24.7%)
Frequency of listening to radio
Not at all	1159 (82.6%)	244 (17.4%)	4.534	0.104
Less than once a week	700 (85.8%)	116 (14.2%)
At least once a week	570 (85.1%)	100 (14.9%)
Cigarettes/tobacco consumption
Yes	127 (88.2%)	17 (11.8%)	1.895	0.169
No	2302 (83.9%)	442 (16.1%)