Journal article

Factors associated with low uptake of measles and pertussis vaccines--an ecologic study based on the Australian Childhood Immunisation Register.

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the relationships between socio-economic and demographic variables and low immunisation coverage at the national level. METHODS: The Australian Childhood Immunisation Register (ACIR) contains data at the postcode level on the immunisation status of all children registered with Medicare under the age of seven years. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) produces a number of indicators of socio-economic status at the postcode level from Census data. These and other ABS demographic data were used to examine the relationship between immunisation coverage and various socio-demographic indicators. RESULTS: Factors associated with lower immunisation uptake differed in rural and metropolitan areas. High levels of education and occupation and a high proportion of Aboriginal residents were significantly associated with lower coverage only in metropolitan postcodes. High unemployment was associated with lower immunisation coverage only in rural postcodes. A high proportion of late starters to

Publication year

2001

Journal

Australian and New Zealand journal of public health

Volume

5

Type

Journal article

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