Regional inequality and vaccine uptake: A multilevel analysis of the 2007 Welfare Monitoring Survey in Malawi

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Abebe, Dawit Shawel ^a   Nielsen, Vibeke Oestreich ^b   Finnvold, Jon Erik ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN SOCIAL RESEARCH NOVA   (Norway)

^b STATISTICS NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Malawi; Multilevel analysis; Regional inequality; Social inequality; Survey; Vaccination coverage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALAWI; MALE; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VACCINATION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALAWI; MALE; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; REGIONAL MEDICAL PROGRAMS; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VACCINATION;

EID: 84870905754     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-1075     Document Type: Article

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