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Table 1 Child and caregiver’s background characteristics

From: Coverage and predictors of full measles-rubella immunization among children aged 24–59 months in Northern Ghana: a post measles outbreak assessment

Characteristics

Frequency

(n = 617)

Percentage

(%)

Residence

  

Rural

345

55.92

Urban

272

44.08

Age of child, median (IQR)

32 (28–42)

24–35 months

378

61.26

36–59 months

239

38.74

Sex of child

  

Female

295

47.81

Male

322

52.19

Age of mother

29.29 ± 6.10

18–24

121

19.61

25–34

387

62.72

35+

109

17.67

Educational level

  

No formal education

331

53.65

Primary

101

16.37

Secondary

83

13.45

Tertiary

102

16.53

Number of elder siblings

  

0–2

434

70.34

3+

183

29.66