Nutritional and immunization status of under-five children of India and Bangladesh

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Table 4 Effect of socio-economic and demographic factors on immunization status of children in India and Bangladesh using binary logistic regression

Socio-eco and demographic factors	India				Bangladesh
	DPT	Polio	Measles	BCG	DPT	Polio	Measles	BCG
	AOR	AOR	AOR	AOR	AOR	AOR	AOR	AOR
Educational attainment (Up to primary educated®)
Secondary education	1.49**	1.39**	1.28**	1.73**	1.49**	1.49**	1.27**	1.72**
Higher sec and above	1.68**	1.52**	1.32**	2.26**	1.50**	1.57**	1.19	1.79**
Occupation (Not working®)
Profession	1.26*	1.16	1.41**	1.23	0.89	0.93	1.05	1.43
Sales	1.01	1.19	1.37**	1.02	1.84	1.61	1.22	4.32
Agriculture	1.02	1.04	1.24**	1.05	1.71**	1.71**	1.29**	2.33**
Service	1.29**	1.25**	1.32**	1.20	1.16	1.14	1.12	1.35
Other work	1.38**	1.36**	1.43**	1.29**	1.79**	1.79**	1.50**	1.88*
Number of child (More than 2®)
1 to 2	1.39**	1.29**	1.26**	1.69**	1.12	1.09	1.07	1.43
Residence (Rural®)
Urban	1.02	1.04	0.99	0.96	1.08	1.10	0.92	1.17
Religion (Hindu®)
Muslim	0.84**	0.99	0.83**	0.79**	0.68*	0.68**	0.76*	0.90
Others	0.78**	0.95	0.71**	0.51**	0.70	0.58	1.16	1.02
Wealth Index (Poor®)
Non-poor	1.28**	1.15**	1.20**	1.45**	1.19*	1.15	1.22**	1.03

® Reference category, AOR Adjusted odds ratio, **p < 0.01, *p < 0.05; Source: Data Extracted from NFHS 4, 2015–2016. Dependent variable = Immunization status of children (0 = No immunization, 1 = Yes)

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