Malawi 2015-16

Table 10.3 Vaccinations by background characteristics
Percentage of children age 12-23 months and children age 24-35 months who received specific vaccines at any time before the survey (according to a vaccination card or the mother’s report), percentage with all basic vaccinations, and
percentage with all age appropriate vaccinations, according to background characteristics, Malawi DHS 2015-16
DPT-HepB-Hib Polio 1 Pneumococcal Rotavirus
All age
All basic appropriate No
Background
vaccinations
vaccina-
vaccina-
Number of
characteristic BCG 1 2 3 0 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 Measles 1
2 tions 3 tions children Measles
2
Children age 24-35 months:
All age
appropriate
vaccinations
4
Sex
Male 97.8 97.6 96.5 92.9 73.5 96.8 94.0 80.3 96.5 94.7 89.9 95.3 92.1 91.6 75.1 52.4 1.4 1,589 18.1 11.7 1,561
Female 97.5 97.2 96.4 93.0 70.7 97.1 94.4 82.2 96.3 93.7 88.4 94.3 90.7 91.0 76.5 50.4 1.7 1,642 17.4 9.1 1,700
Birth order
1 98.0 97.1 95.9 92.6 75.1 96.7 94.8 80.7 95.8 93.3 89.4 94.6 90.8 93.2 76.7 53.5 1.4 855 19.8 10.4 827
2-3 98.1 98.2 97.6 94.2 76.0 97.6 94.7 81.5 97.0 95.0 89.8 95.5 92.2 91.4 75.9 53.8 1.0 1,185 16.1 9.7 1,211
4-5 97.8 98.6 97.7 95.1 68.2 97.3 95.4 84.6 97.6 96.5 91.3 96.9 93.7 92.5 78.5 51.5 1.1 714 22.1 13.9 770
6+ 95.7 93.9 92.6 87.4 62.6 95.1 90.3 76.5 94.0 90.6 83.9 90.3 86.9 85.7 69.8 41.5 3.9 476 10.7 6.1 453
Residence
Urban 98.2 96.6 96.2 90.1 87.9 96.5 93.6 75.3 96.5 92.8 85.7 95.0 93.1 88.5 69.7 58.0 1.5 439 22.6 12.2 439
Rural 97.5 97.5 96.5 93.4 69.6 97.0 94.3 82.2 96.4 94.5 89.7 94.7 91.1 91.7 76.8 50.4 1.6 2,792 16.9 10.1 2,822
Region
Northern 97.9 97.9 96.0 93.6 79.2 96.8 94.8 84.0 95.9 93.3 91.4 96.2 90.9 91.8 78.7 62.6 1.5 379 17.7 13.2 384
Central 99.1 98.5 97.8 94.7 75.7 98.5 95.8 82.5 97.0 94.8 89.3 95.3 92.4 92.3 76.8 52.3 0.5 1,384 21.2 12.8 1,349
Southern 96.2 96.2 95.3 91.2 66.9 95.5 92.7 79.3 95.9 93.9 88.5 93.9 90.5 90.3 74.1 47.6 2.6 1,468 14.6 7.5 1,527
Mother’s education
No education 95.4 94.9 94.1 89.4 60.0 95.5 90.8 79.8 92.9 91.7 82.2 91.1 89.0 86.2 72.1 39.4 2.9 378 14.7 7.4 432
Primary 97.6 97.6 96.5 93.1 69.6 96.9 94.0 81.3 96.8 94.4 89.6 94.8 90.7 91.4 75.6 49.3 1.7 2,181 17.6 10.0 2,176
Secondary 99.4 98.4 97.9 94.2 86.8 97.9 96.9 81.9 97.9 95.8 91.7 96.8 95.2 94.2 78.5 64.8 0.2 609 19.6 13.6 602
More than secondary 96.0 96.0 96.0 96.0 90.0 96.0 96.0 82.0 89.5 89.5 89.5 96.0 92.2 91.9 77.9 66.7 4.0 63 26.1 12.1 51
Wealth quintile
Lowest 96.9 96.5 95.1 92.2 65.7 95.5 92.0 77.5 94.7 92.8 87.2 92.7 88.5 90.0 71.5 43.4 1.8 841 15.5 7.6 778
Second 97.4 97.7 96.9 92.8 66.9 97.1 94.1 84.1 96.9 95.0 90.9 95.9 91.6 92.4 78.2 48.6 1.5 705 17.3 11.5 766
Middle 98.0 98.1 97.2 93.8 70.8 97.9 95.5 81.8 97.3 94.0 88.7 93.7 90.6 90.0 74.7 50.0 1.2 648 17.3 9.2 613
Fourth 97.8 97.4 96.5 93.8 77.0 97.8 95.4 83.1 97.2 95.7 91.7 96.8 93.9 91.3 79.2 58.8 2.0 518 18.9 12.7 584
Highest 98.4 97.5 97.1 92.5 86.2 96.9 95.3 80.9 96.4 94.4 87.9 96.1 94.2 93.5 77.4 62.6 1.3 517 20.8 11.4 520
Total 97.6 97.4 96.4 93.0 72.1 96.9 94.2 81.2 96.4 94.2 89.2 94.8 91.4 91.3 75.8 51.4 1.6 3,230 17.7 10.4 3,261
Note: Children are considered to have received the vaccine if it was either written on the child’s vaccination card or reported by the mother. For children whose vaccination information is based on the mother’s report, date of vaccination is not
collected. The proportions of vaccinations given during the first and second years of life are assumed to be the same as for children with a written record of vaccination.
1
Polio 0 is the polio vaccination given at birth.
2
BCG, three doses of DPT-HepB-HiB, three doses of oral polio vaccine (excluding polio vaccine given at birth), and one dose of measles.
3
BCG, three doses of DPT-HepB-HiB, four doses of oral polio vaccine, three doses of pneumococcal vaccine, two doses of rotavirus vaccine, and one dose of measles vaccine.
4
BCG, three doses of DPT-HepB-HiB, four doses of oral polio vaccine, three doses of pneumococcal vaccine, two doses of rotavirus vaccine, and two doses of measles vaccine.
Number of
children
150 • Child Health