GEOGRAPHIC INFLUENCES ON THE UPTAKE OF INFANT IMMUNIZATIONS .2. DISAGGREGATE ANALYSES

This is the second of two papers in which the effects of transport, ti me-space, and gender-role constraints on the uptake of immunisation ar e assessed statistically. In the first paper, it was concluded that ag gregate analyses, conducted solely at the District Health Authority le vel, provide unreliable explanations of uptake. In this paper, individ ual-level analyses are described in which information from interviews with mothers resident in the districts of Salford and Lancaster is use d. Childcare commitments, illness, educational attainment, and possibl y lone-parent status are found to be significant determinants of immun isation uptake. A future research focus is given.