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National Health And Morbidity Survey 2016 : Maternal And Child Health (MCH) Volume II : Findings

Table 4.1.2.1 : Sociodemographic profile of household that responded vs households that
did not respond

Responded to survey Not responded
No. % No. %

Age of mother 31.37 31.15
Mean (years)

Ethnicity of child
Malay 7136 62.8 604 48.5
Chinese 1222 14.0 173 13.9
Indians 437 4.5 71 5.7
Other Bumiputera 1133 12.7 148 11.9
Others 212 6.0 250 20.1

Citizenship of child
Malaysian 9973 95.4 1143 91.6
Permanent residents 15 0.4 0 0
Non-citizen 152 4.2 105 8.4

The profile of the respondents involved in this study is shown in Table 4.1.2.2. By ethnicity, the profile
of those who were successfully interviewed was similar to the ethnicity by birth as reported by the
Department of Statistics Malaysia. There is almost equal proportion by sex. Majority of the mothers
of these children aged 25 to 39 years old. By marital status, 0.3% of the mothers were single, 2.5%
of mothers and 2.5% of fathers had no formal education, with 7.2% earning less than RM1000 per
month.

In this study, only children aged 12-23 months were eligible to be interviewed, as they were expected
to complete their primary vaccination by then. Information on vaccination status was verified by
immunisation cards volunteered by the mothers. In such instances where the vaccination cards were
not available, the status of the vaccination was considered as self-reported by mothers.

Table 4.1.2.3 showed the prevalence of children aged 12-23 months who were vaccinated against
BCG. Majority of the children were verified to have received BCG vaccination except for 7.7% of the
children. The prevalence of those children who did not receive BCG vaccination was highest in
Pahang (12.5%).

A total of 89.8% was verified to have received Dose 1 of DPT-IPV/Hib vaccine, 89.6% were verified
to have received Dose 2 and 89.0% verified as completed the third dose of DPT-IPV/Hib vaccine. Self-
reporting was 9.5% for all the three doses of DPT-IPV/Hib (Table 4.1.2.4). In the whole country 1.5%
of the children aged 12-13 months did not received any DPT-IPV/Hib vaccination. Comparing between
states, Sabah showed the highest prevalence (2.8%), followed by Pulau Pinang (2.7%) and Selangor
(2.1) whereas WP Putrajaya did not report any. The percentage of non-vaccinated children was
highest for non-citizens at 7.1%, compared to Malaysians and those with permanent residence and
those with head of household without formal education was highest at 7.4% compared to other
education levels.

Table 4.1.2.5 revealed that 92.2% of children aged 12-23 months were verified as received Dose 1
of Hepatitis B vaccination, with additional 7.8% self-reported, while 89.8% were verified to have
received Dose 2 of Hepatitis B, with additional 9.6% self-reported, and only 88.4% had completed
third dose of Hepatitis B vaccination with 9.9% was self-reported. Respondents who did not have
any Hepatitis B vaccination were found in Kedah, WP Kuala Lumpur, Kelantan, Pulau Pinang and
Melaka. A total of 1.7% children aged 12-23 months did not complete Hepatitis B vaccination. By
states, the highest prevalence was noted in Pulau Pinang (3.1%), followed by Sabah (2.8%) and WP
Kuala Lumpur and Kedah with 2.1% each. Those who did not complete Hepatitis B vaccination were