Childhood immunisation timeliness and vaccine confidence by health information source, maternal, socioeconomic, and geographic characteristics in Albania

Daniela Mayerová (1), Kaja Abbas (2)

1 Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, WC1E 7HT, United Kingdom

2 Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, WC1E 7HT, United Kingdom

Citation: Mayerová, D., Abbas, K. Childhood immunisation timeliness and vaccine confidence by health information source, maternal, socioeconomic, and geographic characteristics in Albania. BMC Public Health 21, 1724 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-11724-6

This file includes details on the dataset used and definition of variables. Stata code is available in the file Vaccine_confidence_Albania_Stata_code.

DATASET: Albania Standard DHS, 2017-18 Children’s recode. The dataset is available upon registration from the DHS Program (https://dhsprogram.com).

DEFINITION OF VARIABLES:

• agecat3 = Age at birth: 0=<25 years, 1=25-29 years, 2=≥30 years
• b4 = Child gender: 1=male, 2=female
• child_bord = Child birth order: 1=firstborn, 2=secondborn, 3=thirdborn or more
• conf = Vaccine confident (did not postponed and/or delayed vaccination due to other reasons than sickness of the child or lack of time): 0=no, 1=yes
• edu_husband_higher = Education of husband/partner: 1=higher education, 2=secondary education, 3=primary education, 4=no education
• edu_mother_higher = Education of mother: 1=higher education, 2=secondary education, 3=primary education, 4=no education
• ethni3 = Ethnicity of mother: 1=Albanian, 2=Egyptian, 3=other
• internet = Main source of health information: 0 = Internet/social media, 1 = healthcare providers, newspapers, radio, TV, schools, friends/relatives, other
• married = Marital status: 0=married/living with a partner, 1=other (widowed/divorced/separated)
• prefecture = Prefecture: 1=Berat, 2=Diber, 3=Durres, 4=Elbasan, 5=Fier, 6=Gjirokaster, 7=Korce, 8=Kukes, 9=Lezhe, 10=Shkoder, 11=Tirane, 12=Vlore
• region = Region: 1=AL01-Veri (Diber, Durres, Kukes, Lezhe, Shkoder), 2=AL02-Qender (Elbasan, Tirane), 3=AL03-Jug (Berat, Fier, Gjirokaster, Korce, Vlore)
• relig3 = Religion of mother: 1=Muslim, 2=Catholic, 3=other
• residence = Area of residence: 1=urban, 2=rural
• s512 = Ever decided to postpone childhood immunization: 0=no, 1=yes
• s513 = Reasons for postponing childhood immunization: 1=doubts about vaccine safety, 2=concerns about side effects, 3=child was sick at the time of vaccination, 4=did not have time/too busy, 5=no particular reason, 6=other
• s514 = Ever decided not to have child (children) immunized: 0=no, 1=yes
• s515 = Reasons for refusing childhood immunization: 1=doubts about vaccine safety, 2=concerns about side effects, 3=child was sick at the time of vaccination, 4=medical contraindication, 5=vaccine more harmful than disease, 6=religious conviction, 7=other
• time = Immunised according to schedules: 0=no, 1=yes
• v005 = Women's individual sample weight: 6 decimals
• v151 = Sex of household head: 1=male, 2=female
• v190 = Household wealth: 1=poorest, 2=poorer, 3=middle, 4=richer, 5=richest
• vaccinetrust = Trusted source of information on vaccines: 1=healthcare professionals (doctors/nurses, community healthcare workers), 2=traditional media (TV, radio, newspapers, journals), 3=Internet/social media, 4=family/other
• work12 = Mother worked outside the home last 12 months: 0=not worked, 1=worked/partially worked
• work12_husband = Husband/partner worked last 12 months: 0=not worked/”don’t know”, 1=worked/partially worked