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

Table 5

Vaccination (hepatitis B at birth) of children by background characteristics of the respondents under the two sampling schemes (figures in %).

Sampling procedure	30 × 30		value	30 × 7		value
Background characteristics	Cluster	Systematic		Cluster	Systematic
Sex of child
Male	58.0	58.6	0.13	49.6	55.0	0.35
Female	58.7	52.5		62.9	50.5
Mother’s education
No or primary education	1.8	0	0.33	7.1	0	0.28
High school	20.0	12.9		24.1	13.0
Matriculate	27.5	23.5		19.0	24.2
Intermediate	63.4	54.1		64.6	60.7
Graduation	82.0	78.5		74.2	77.0
Higher	92.6	92.3		93.3	81.0
Religion
Hindu	59.8	57.6	0.01	54.9	55.6	0.72
Islam	41.0	24.2		54.5	28.6
Others	100.0	100.0		100.0	100.0
Caste
General	59.0	57.1	0.73	57.5	50.0	0.91
SC	56.1	53.8		44.7	59.4
ST	55.2	44.2		62.5	85.7
OBC	57.9	55.1		63.6	53.8
Monthly household income
Low	6.1	4.5	0.34	12.1	7.5	0.55
Middle	62.0	58.0		56.3	59.2
High	93.2	94.4		97.0	85.7