Determinants of Child Immunization in Fourless-Developed States of North India

Abstract

Four northern states of India – Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh – lag far behind the other states of the country regarding demographic transition and socio-economic development. The study described in this article shows the utilization of child immunization services in these states, utilizing data from the National Family Health Survey, India, 1992–3 (IIPS, 1995a, 1995b, 1995c) The study used multivariate logistic regression to correlate the utilization of child immunization. The results showed that children are more likely to receiveimmunization if their parents are a couple, with the father literate andthe mother with at least a middle-school-education level who received antenatal care or delivered in an institutional environment.