Estimation and Comparison of Immunization Coverage under Different Sampling Methods for Health Surveys

Table 3

The family related information of the respondents under the two sampling schemes (figures in %).

Sampling procedure	30 × 30		value	30 × 7		value
Variable	Cluster	Systematic		Cluster	Systematic
Type of family
Nuclear	93.4	94.4	0.37	91.4	93.8	0.35
Joint	6.6	5.6		8.6	6.2
Monthly household income
Low	14.8	12.4	0.07	15.7	19.0	0.58
Middle	70.6	75.4		68.6	67.6
High	14.7	12.2		15.7	13.3
Age of father
20–30	7.2	5.0	0.05	8.1	7.6	0.97
30–40	73.4	78.0		68.1	69.0
40 and above	19.0	16.8		23.8	23.3
Education of father
No or primary education	3.1	1.4	0.00	3.3	4.8	0.43
High school	10.8	6.7		16.2	11.0
Matriculate	8.3	9.6		5.7	7.6
Intermediate	26.4	26.8		27.6	26.7
Graduation	44.3	49.2		39.5	44.8
Higher	7.0	6.3		7.6	5.2
Occupation of father
Govt. employee	20.2	21.0	0.69	22.9	18.6	0.72
Private sector employee	23.4	25.3		24.3	21.0
Business	30.6	29.4		28.1	33.3
Manual labour	10.1	8.2		10.5	11.9
Driver	4.9	5.3		6.7	6.2
Professional	10.8	10.6		7.6	9.0
Age of mother
15–25	8.8	5.8	0.02	10.0	11.4	0.64
25–35	79.5	84.1		75.7	77.1
35 and above	11.5	10.0		14.3	11.4
Education of mother
No or primary education	6.2	4.0	0.16	6.7	6.2	0.40
High school	10.7	9.4		13.8	11.0
Matriculate	12.2	10.9		10.0	15.7
Intermediate	32.8	33.7		31.0	26.7
Graduation	31.1	35.6		31.4	35.2
Higher	6.0	5.9		7.1	5.2
Occupation of mother
Home maker	90.9	90.2	0.63	89.5	93.8	0.11
Employee	9.1	9.8		10.5	6.2
Age of children
6–24 months	26.8	24.0	0.16	21.9	23.3	0.40
24–48 months	35.4	34.0		37.1	31.0
48–60 months	37.8	42.0		41.0	45.7
Sex of the child
Male	49.2	50.8	0.48	53.8	51.9	0.70
Female	50.9	49.1		46.2	48.1