Journal of International Development
October 2014 Volume 26, Issue 7 Pages 939–1096
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jid.v26.6/issuetoc

Research Article
SOCIO-ECONOMIC DETERMINANTS OF CHILD IMMUNIZATION IN RURAL ETHIOPIA
Degnet Abebaw*
Article first published online: 5 NOV 2013
DOI: 10.1002/jid.2975
Abstract
Using cross section data from rural Ethiopia, this paper investigates the socio-economic determinants of child immunization. Results of a generalized ordered logit model show that child immunization is strongly associated with child’s age, housing quality, presence of health extension worker in a village, proximity to district capital, access to primary school and ethnic diversity. The paper draws both supply-side and demand-side implications to increase full immunization for children in rural Ethiopia.