Factors Associated with the Uptake of Antenatal Tetanus Toxoids Containing Vaccine by First-Time Mothers in Nigeria: Findings from the 2018 Nigerian Demographic Health Survey

Table 1

Descriptive characteristics of first-time mothers who took at least two doses of TTCV, NDHS 2018.

Variable	All first-time mothers	Currently married mothers	All first-time mothers; ≥2 tetanus	Currently married mothers; ≥2 tetanus
	Frequency; (%)	Frequency (%)	Prevalence (%) (95% CI)	Prevalence (%) (95% CI)
			59.6 (57.5-61.8)	59.0 (56.6-61.3)
Marital status
Formerly/never in union	501 (13.8)	NA	63.8 (58.8-68.5)	NA
Currently in union	3139 (86.2)	3058 (100)	59.0 (56.6-61.3)	59.0 (56.6-61.3)
Age at childbirth (years)
<20 (adolescent)	1518 (41.7)	1274 (41.7)	45.4 (42.1-48.7)	43.9 (40.3-47.5)
≥20 (adult)	2122 (58.3)	1784 (58.3)	69.8 (67.3-72.3)	69.7 (66.9-72.4)
Antenatal visits
No visit	679 (18.7)	574 (18.8)	3.3 (2.1-5.1)	2.6 (1.5-4.4)
1-3 visits	577 (15.8)	487 (15.9)	50.3 (45.3-55.3)	49.2 (43.8-54.6)
4-7 visits	1440 (39.5)	1208 (39.5)	74.6 (71.6-77.4)	73.8 (70.4-77.0)
≥8 visits	945 (26.0)	790 (25.8)	83.0 (79.7-85.9)
Place ANC sought
Home or others	805 (22.1)	675 (22.1)	11.5 (8.8-14.8)	10.2 (7.6-13.7)
Government hospitals	913 (25.1)	780 (25.5)	75.3 (71.3-78.8)	75.6 (71.4-79.3)
Government health centres or post	1282 (35.2)	1062 (34.7)	71.1 (68.1-73.9)	69.5 (66.3-72.5)
Private hospitals/clinics	640917.6)	540 (17.7)	74.8 (70.0-79.1)	75.2 (69.9-79.9)
Wanted pregnancy
No	508 (14.0)	217 (7.1)	65.4 (60.7-69.7)	71.6 (64.7-77.7)
Yes	3132 (86.0)	2841 (92.9)	58.7 (56.3-61.0)	58.0 (55.5-60.4)
Sex of household head
Male	3130 (86.0)	2784 (91.0)	58.4 (56.0-60.7)	57.9 (55.5-60.4)
Female	510 (14.0)	274 (9.0)	67.2 (62.4-71.7)	69.4 (62.5-75.4)
Household size
≤3	2004 (55.1)	1823 (59.6)	60.7 (57.9-63.4)	60.0 (57.1-62.8)
4-6	872 (24.0)	671 (21.9)	63.3 (59.3-67.1)	62.6 (58.1-66.9)
≥7	764 (21.0)	564 (18.4)	52.7 (48.3-57.0)	51.2 (46.2-56.3)
Currently working
No	1527 (42.0)	1327 (43.4)	52.7 (49.2-56.1)	51.6 (47.9-55.4)
Yes	2113 (58.0)	1731 (56.6)	64.6 (62.0-67.2)	64.6 (61.7-67.4)
Own a mobile phone
No	1523 (41.8)	1336 (43.7)	40.9 (37.8-44.1)	39.9 (36.6-43.3)
Yes	2117 (58.2)	1722 (56.3)	73.1 (70.6-75.4)	73.8 (71.1-76.3)
Wealth quintiles
Poorest	633 (17.4)	549 (17.9)	35.6 (31.3-40.2)	34.5 (30.1-39.3)
Poorer	770 (21.1)	662 (21.7)	49.5 (45.2-53.9)	47.6 (42.9-52.2)
Middle	711 (19.5)	566 (18.5)	57.8 (53.7-61.9)	55.8 (51.3-60.1)
Richer	754 (20.7)	616 (20.2)	71.0 (66.8-74.9)	72.9 (68.3-77.0)
Richest	772 (21.2)	664 (21.7)	80.0 (75.8-83.6)	80.3 (75.7-84.2)
Highest level of education
None	1176 (32.3)	1091 (35.7)	36.2 (32.6-39.9)	36.0 (32.4-39.7)
Primary	371 (10.2)	294 (9.6)	59.1 (51.9-66.0)	58.5 (50.1-66.3)
Secondary	1628 (44.7)	1267 (41.4)	69.6 (66.7-72.4)	70.7 (67.5-73.7)
Higher	465 (12.8)	405 (13.3)	84.3 (79.1-88.4)	84.5 (78.8-88.9)
Exposure to mass media
Not at all	1203 (33.0)	1046 (34.2	42.9 (39.4-46.4)	40.9 (37.3-44.7)
Have access to at least one	2437 (77.0)	2012 (65.8)	67.9 (65.5-70.2)	68.3 (65.8-70.8)
Covered by health insurance
No	3572 (98.1)	3000 (98.1)	59.3 (57.1-61.5)	58.6 (56.2-60.9)
Yes	68 (1.9)	58 (1.9)	76.7 (59.7-88.0)	80.1 (64.3-90.0)
Perceived difficulty to access health care
Low	1803 (49.5)	1548 (50.6)	65.8 (62.7-68.8)	65.6 (62.3-68.8)
Middle	791 (21.7)	583 (19.1)	62.3 (58.0-66.4)	61.9 (57.1-66.4)
High	1046 (28.7)	927 (30.3)	47.0 (43.0-51.1)	46.0 (41.8-50.3)
Residence
Urban	1552 (42.6)	1273 (41.6)	71.5 (68.0-74.8)	71.8 (67.8-75.4)
Rural	2088 (57.4)	1785 (58.4)	50.8 (48.2-53.5)	49.8 (47.0-52.6)
Religion
Christians	1741 (47.8)	1318 (43.1)	73.1 (70.4-75.7)	75.0 (72.0-77.8)
Islam and others	1899 (52.2)	1740 (56.9)	47.3 (44.1-50.4)	46.8 (43.5-50.1)
Ethnicity
Fulani	242 (6.7)	229 (7.5)	31.7 (25.1-39.3)	31.1 (24.5-38.5)
Hausa	1082 (29.7)	1002 (32.8)	44.7 (40.6-49.0)	44.5 (40.3-48.7)
Igbo	548 (15.0)	416 (13.6)	83.9 (79.7-87.4)	85.0 (80.0-88.9)
Yoruba	552 (15.2)	460 (15.0)	71.4 (64.6-77.4)	70.5 (62.9-77.1)
Other ethnic minorities	1216 (33.4)	951 (31.1)	62.1 (58.7-65.5)	64.0 (60.2-67.6)
Region
North Central	555 (15.2)	472 (15.4)	56.9 (51.7-61.9)	57.8 (52.5-63.0)
North East	571 (15.7)	476 (15.6)	53.3 (47.8-58.8)	51.2 (45.4-56.9)
North West	1033 (28.4)	963 (31.5)	42.2 (38.0-46.4)	42.1 (37.9-46.4)
South East	424 (11.7)	319 (10.4)	85.7 (81.8-88.8)	87.7 (83.6-90.9)
South South	404 (11.1)	285 (9.3)	70.7 (65.7-75.3)	75.9 (70.5-80.5)
South West	653 (17.9)	544 (17.8)	71.3 (65.7-76.2)	70.9 (64.7-76.4)

NA: not applicable.