Table 1

Childhood immunisation by the vaccine type

Vaccination	A BCG vaccine	Three polio vaccines	Three DPT vaccine	A measles vaccine	Complete immunisation
% vaccinated	97.7	88.6	87.4	91.1	79.2
Gender of the child
Male	98.2	88.4	86.5	91.1	78.1
Female	96.9	88.8	88.6	91.4	80.6
Age of the mother
15–19	98.3	89.3	86.0	94.2	80.2
20–29	97.9	88.6	87.5	90.4	79.0
30–39	96.5	88.3	87.7	93.6	80.1
40–49	95.2	85.7	90.5	81.0	71.4
Caste/ethnic affiliation
High Hindu caste	99.7	91.1	92.5	96.1	85.2
Previously untouchables	97.0	88.1	87.5	88.6	74.9
Indigenous	97.5	90.4	89.8	95.0	84.8
Terai caste, Muslims	95.6	83.0	77.3	81.2	66.4
Mother’s education
None	96.7	84.4	83.8	84.1	70.8
Primary	97.1	89.4	87.0	91.3	77.3
Secondary and higher	98.4	90.7	89.7	95.3	84.9
Wealth status
Poorest	98.0	85.8	88.2	92.5	77.6
Poor	97.0	88.7	87.8	91.3	80.0
Middle	97.8	86.5	83.4	86.5	74.0
Richer	98.6	93.3	89.0	94.7	84.6
Richest	96.3	89.9	89.9	90.8	81.7
Ecological region
Mountain	98.9	80.5	85.1	94.3	72.4
Hill	98.8	92.5	93.2	96.0	86.5
Terai	96.5	86.4	82.9	86.6	74.2
Place of residence
Urban	97.8	89.1	87.0	91.1	79.3
Rural	97.5	88.0	88.0	91.2	79.0
Provinces
Province 1	97.2	85.1	85.8	96.5	79.4
Province 2	96.0	82.5	77.8	80.8	65.7
Province 3	98.1	92.5	92.5	95.3	86.0
Province 4	100	96.7	94.3	97.6	91.9
Province 5	98.3	96.1	90.4	87.0	79.7
Province 6	97.9	86.1	84.7	94.4	77.1
Province 7	97.0	89.6	91.8	94.0	83.6
Money needed to visit a healthcare facility
Not a big problem	98.6	91.1	93.5	96.2	86.8
Big problem	97.0	86.9	83.3	87.8	74.0
Distance to health facility
Not a big problem	98.2	92.0	91.3	94.9	84.6
Big problem	97.3	86.5	95.1	86.0	75.9