Research Article

Tetanus Toxoid Vaccination Uptake and Associated Factors among Mothers Who Gave Birth in the Last 12 Months in Errer District, Somali Regional State, Eastern Ethiopia

Table 4

Factors associated with the uptake of tetanus toxoid vaccination among mothers who gave birth in the last 12 months in Errer district, Somali Regional State, Eastern Ethiopia, in March 2017.

VariablesFrequency (5%)Tetanus toxoid uptakeCOR (95% CI)AOR (95% CI)
≥TT2<TT2

Maternal education
 Some education187 (42.5%)160274.2 (2.1, 6.3)2.16 (1.4, 4.8)
 No education253 (57.5%)681851.001.00
Husbands education
 Some education232 (52.8%)171613.4 (2.01, 7.6)2.02 (1.4, 8.2)
 No education208 (47.2%)571511.001.00
Maternal occupation
 Housewife336 (76.4%)1481881.001.00
 Government employee29 (6.6%)2636.5 (2.4, 9.8)2.5(1.6, 10.05)
 Merchants44 (10%)33112.4 (1.05, 8.51)0.8 (0.04, 1.01)
 Pastoralist31 (7%)21100.51 (0.02, 0.9)0.14 (0.001, 0.5)
Husband occupation
 Daily labor33 (7.5%)3031.001.00
 Farmers88 (20%)58300.12 (0.04, 0.71)0.01 (0.002, 1.2)
 Pastoralist206 (46.8%)571490.03 (0.002, 0.07)0.001 (0.004, 0.02)
 Government employee113 (25.7%)83301.4 (0.9, 3.9)1.25 (0.2, 5.34)
Residence
 Urban92 (20.9%)8396.1 (2.33, 10.43)4.3 (1.6, 13.21)
 Rural348 (79.1%)1472011.001.00
Parity
 Primi- (1)94 (21.3%)51431.4 (1.05, 3.04)1.2 (0.04, 4.5)
 Multi- (2-4)243 (55.2%)1381053.1 (1.6, 6.3)2.3 (1.7, 6.4)
 Grand multi- (≥5)105 (23.4%)396411
Time taken from home to health facility
 <30 minutes89 (20.2%)8097.1 (3.1, 11.71)4.6 (1.34, 6.72)
 30 min-1 hr.124 (28.2%)102221.5 (0.9, 5.34)0.8 (0.26, 5.9)
 More than one hr.227 (51.6%)471801.001.00
ANC follow-up
 Yes248 (56.4%)198508.3 (4.34, 15.92)5.4 (2.8, 10.9)
 No192 (43.6%)321601.001.00
Knowledge of the mother
 Knowledgeable213 (48.4%)173407.4 (3.9, 13.67)3.45 (1.89, 9.56)
 Not knowledgeable227 (51.6%)571701.001.00

CI: confidence interval; AOR: adjusted odds ratio; COR: crude odds ratio. ; .