Obinna Ositadimma Oleribe|Vibha Kumar|Adebowale Awosika-Olumo|Simon D Taylor-Robinson
Individual and socioeconomic factors associated with childhood immunization coverage in Nigeria
immunization worlds successful costeffective public health intervention prevents 2 million deaths annually however 2 million deaths still occur yearly vaccine preventable diseases majority occur subsaharan africa nigeria major contributor global childhood deaths vpds till date nigeria still wild polio virus circulation objective study identify individual socioeconomic factors associated immunization coverage nigeria secondary dataset analysis nigeria demographic health survey ndhs 2013a quantitative analysis 2013 ndhs dataset performed ethical approvals obtained walden university irb national health research ethics committee nigeria dataset downloaded validated completeness analyzed using univariate bivariate multivariate statisticsof 27571 children aged 0 59 months 221 full vaccination 29 never received vaccination immunization coverage significantly associated childbirth order delivery place child number presence absence child health card maternal age geographical location education religion literacy wealth index marital status occupation significantly associated immunization coverage paternal education occupation age also significantly associated coverage respondents age educational attainment wealth index remained significantly related immunization coverage 95 confidence interval multivariate analysisthe study highlights child parental socioeconomic barriers successful immunization programs nigeria findings need urgent attention given reemergence wild poliovirus nigeria effective efficient sustainable accessible acceptable immunization program children designed developed undertaken nigeria adequate strategies put place implement