Geographic Influences on the Uptake of Infant Immunisations: 2. Disaggregate Analyses

M L Senior, S J New, A C Gatrell and B J Francis
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M L Senior: Department of Geography, University of Salford, Salford M5 4WT, England
S J New: Department of Applied Social Science, University of Lancaster, Lancaster LA1 4YW, England
A C Gatrell: Department of Geography, University of Lancaster, Lancaster LA1 4YB, England
B J Francis: Centre for Applied Statistics, University of Lancaster, Lancaster LA1 4YF, England

Environment and Planning A, 1993, vol. 25, issue 4, 467-479

Abstract: This is the second of two papers in which the effects of transport, time—space, and gender-role constraints on the uptake of immunisation are assessed statistically. In the first paper, it was concluded that aggregate analyses, conducted solely at the District Health Authority level, provide unreliable explanations of uptake. In this paper, individual-level analyses are described in which information from interviews with mothers resident in the districts of Salford and Lancaster is used. Childcare commitments, illness, educational attainment, and possibly lone-parent status are found to be significant determinants of immunisation uptake. A future research focus is given.

Date: 1993
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DOI: 10.1068/a250467

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