ASSOCIATION BETWEEN IMMUNIZATION AND OCCURRENCE OF DISEASE: A SECONDARY DATA ANALYSIS

Arfan Latif, Rehan Sarwar Bhatti and Ahtasham Jan Butt
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Arfan Latif: Assistant Professor Sociology University of Okara, Pakistan
Rehan Sarwar Bhatti: Manager Operations Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department Government of the Punjab
Ahtasham Jan Butt: Assistant Professor Higher Education Department

Bulletin of Business and Economics (BBE), 2021, vol. 10, issue 3, 253-258

Abstract: The current study was designed to find out the association between immunization and occurrence of general ailment and abdominal disease among children. The study adopted a cross sectional study with a nationally represented survey was conducted in Pakistan during 2012-2013. The data was collected through structured questionnaire from a sample of 95,000 households. Binary logistic regression analysis was applied after recoding the variables. Immunization has been treated as the independent variable while general ailment and abdominal disease have been treated as the dependent variables in the current study. The findings of the study showed a positive and significant relationship between immunization and occurrence of disease. Occurrence of general ailment among children decreases by 95% on average when child is immunized. Similarly, occurrence of abdominal disease also decreases by 60% on average when child is immunized. The results prove both the hypothesis of the study. The study concluded that immunization is directly related to the occurrence of the diseases. Immunization decreases the probability of general ailment and abdominal disease among children.

Keywords: Immunization; Reproductive Aged Mothers; Occurrence of disease; General Ailment; Abdominal Disease (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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