dc.contributor.author | OTIENO, Sheilla Aoko | |
dc.contributor.author | WAMALWA, Benson M | |
dc.contributor.author | ONYANGO, Nelson O | |
dc.contributor.author | Makoteku, Joseph A | |
dc.contributor.author | ONGOMA, Victor | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-09-22T07:32:57Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-09-22T07:32:57Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015 | |
dc.identifier.citation | OTIENO, Sheilla Aoko, Benson Munyali WAMALWA, and Nelson Owuor ONYANGO. "COMPARISON OF LEAST ABSOLUTE SHRINKAGE AND SELECTION OPERATOR AND MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATORS TO ESTABLISH DETERMINANTS OF IMMUNIZATION IN TRANS-NZOIA COUNTY." | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://www.jses.ase.ro/downloads/Vol4NO1/Otieno.pdf | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11295/91297 | |
dc.description.abstract | The
client factors that influence under
-
five child guardian compliance to the
immunization schedule are interlinked based on household characteristics,
socioeconomic status, and maternal health practices. An incentive to motivate
the mothers to prioritize thei
r child’s health practices especially on
vaccination, works perfectly towards the achievement of full immunization
coverage. A randomly sampled study carried out within Weonia Location
–
Trans Nzoia County in March 2014 with target population of under
-
five
c
hildren showed the vital role an incentive innovation plays towards
immunization coverage. Multinomial logistic regression model was used to
analyze the determinant of partial or none
-
immunized and the parameters
estimated using the maximum likelihood esti
mator (MLE) and the shrinkage
estimator
-
Least Absolute Shrinkage and Selection Operator (LASSO). The
shrinkage estimator method gave a sparse model that was easy to
interpret
and increased the estimated predictability accuracy. Maternal health
practices an
d access to a motivating intervention are significant factors
that ensure a guardian’s compliance to their child immunization. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | University of Nairobi | en_US |
dc.title | Comparison of least absolute shrinkage and selection operator and maximum likelihood estimators to establish determinants of immunization in Trans-Nzoia County | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.type.material | en_US | en_US |