Hepatitis B Birth Dose among Children in District 2 Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam: Prevalence and Associated Factors
Table 3
The association between baseline characteristics of participants and the birth dose of hepatitis B vaccine (N = 292).
Hepatitis B vaccine birth dose
value
AOR
95% CI
value
Yes (209) No. (%)
No. (83) No. (%)
Baseline characteristics of parents
Gender (female)
182 (87.1)
77 (92.8)
0.166
—
—
—
Education
Primary and secondary school
52 (24.9)
25 (30.1)
0.359
—
—
—
≥ High school
157 (75.1)
58 (69.9)
—
—
—
Occupation
Seller/retail
37 (17.7)
7 (8.4)
0.187
—
—
—
Housewife
69 (33.0)
35 (42.2)
—
—
—
Government officer/staff
87 (41.6)
35 (42.2)
—
—
—
Others
16 (7.7)
6 (7.2)
—
—
—
Age (years) (M ± SD)
32.9 (±0.46)
32.3 (±0.79)
0.464
—
—
—
Hepatitis B vaccine information (yes)
174 (83.3)
58 (69.9)
0.011
0.8
0.6–1.2
0.234#
Baseline characteristics of children
Gender (male)
115 (55.0)
45 (54.2)
0.901
—
—
—
Age (months)
30.8 ± 0.9
28.9 ± 1.5
0.277
—
—
—
Period of delivery
<2013
27 (12.9)
5 (6.0)
0.089
—
—
—
≥2013
182 (87.1)
78 (94.0)
—
—
—
Birth order of child in the family
1st
77 (36.8)
32 (38.6)
—
—
—
2nd
116 (55.5)
43 (51.8)
0.787
—
—
—
≥3rd
16 (7.7)
8 (9.6)
—
—
—
Place of birth
—
District 2 Hospital
101 (71.1)
41 (28.9)
0.959
—
—
—
Tu Du Hospital
75 (71.4)
30 (28.6)
—
—
—
Others
32 (72.7)
12 (27.3)
—
—
—
Low birth weight (<2,500 g)
7 (3.3)
2 (2.4)
0.504
—
—
—
Age of gestation (≥37 weeks)
206 (98.6)
71 (85.5)
<0.001
1.2
1.2–11.3
<0.05#
Caesarean (yes)
78 (37.3)
29 (34.9)
0.703
—
—
—
Chi-square, Fisher’s exact, t-tests used to compare with and without the birth dose of hepatitis B vaccine groups. #Z-test was used for coefficients of the logistic regression model, “—” if the multivariate analysis is not available.
