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Table 4 All studies used in literature review with summary characteristics. Please see the GitHub repository for all data. Year* denotes year of publication, Author* denotes first author surname

From: Vaccine equity in low and middle income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Year*

Author*

Study type

Vaccine

Country

Min age

Max age

Grade

Year of data

2012

Abebe

cross-sectional

1974 EPI vaccines: BCG, polio, measles, DTP

MALAWI

0

5

A

2007

2019

Adebowale

cross-sectional

1974 EPI vaccines: BCG, polio, measles, DTP

NIGERIA

1

2

D

2013

2017

Ambel

cross-sectional

1974 EPI vaccines: BCG, polio, measles, DTP

ETHIOPIA

1

2

A

2000 - 2014

2020

Ameyaw

Cross-sectional

1974 EPI vaccines: BCG, polio, measles, DTP

VARIOUS

1

2

A

2010 - 2018

2017

Andrade

cross sectional-ecological study, household survey

Tetanus

BRAZIL

0

5.0

A

2012

2010

Antai

cross-sectional

1974 EPI vaccines: BCG, polio, measles, DTP

NIGERIA

1

1

A

2003

2013

Arokiasamy

secondary data analysis

1974 EPI vaccines: BCG, polio, measles, DTP

INDIA

1

1.92

A

2005 - 2006

2017

Arsenault

random-effects meta-analyses using DHS data

DTP & MCV

VARIOUS

1

2

B

2005 - 2014

2017

Arsenault

random-effects meta-regression analyses using DHS data

DTP & MCV

VARIOUS

1

2

B

2005 - 2014

2019

Asif

Multilevel logistic regression on individual and community level data using DHS data

1974 EPI vaccines: BCG, polio, measles, DTP

PAKISTAN

1

5

B

2012 - 2013

2016

Ataguba

secondary questionnaire household data

1974 EPI vaccines + Hep B + Hib + YF

NIGERIA

1

5

B

2006

2008

Boerma

secondary DHS data

DTP, MCV, & BCG

VARIOUS

1

2

B

1990 - 2006

2003

Bonu

cross-sectional surveys based on systematic,stratified samples of households

1974 EPI vaccines: BCG, polio, measles, DTP

INDIA

1

3

B

1992 - 1999

2004

Bonu

cross-sectional DHS household survey

1974 EPI vaccines: BCG, polio, measles, DTP

VARIOUS

1

2

B

NA

2012

Bosch-Caplanch

secondary DHS and MICS data

1974 EPI vaccines: BCG, polio, measles, DTP

VARIOUS

1

5

B

1986 - 2007

2018

Boulton

secondary DHS data

1974 EPI vaccines + Hep B + Hib (aka penta for some studies)

BANGLADESH

1

2

A

2014

2014

Castelo Branco

cross-sectional

1974 EPI vaccines + Hep B + Hib + YF + MR (mumps/Rubella)

BRAZIL

1

4.92

A

2010

2021

Cata-Preta

secondary data from DHS and MICS

1974 EPI vaccines: BCG, polio, measles, DTP

VARIOUS

1

2.42

A

2010 - 2019

2019

Chakrabarti

secondary r supplementary immunization activities data

1974 EPI Vaccines + Hep B (HBV)

VARIOUS

1

5

C

1996 - 2013

2003

Chowdhury

secondary data

1974 EPI vaccines: BCG, polio, measles, DTP

BANGLADESH

1

2

B

1993 - 1994, 1996 - 1997, 1999 - 2000

2014

Clouston

secondary DHS data

1974 EPI vaccines + Hep B + Hib (aka penta for some studies)

MADAGASCAR

0

4

B

2008 - 2009

2013

Cui

national stratified, validation, cross-sectional survey

Hep B

CHINA

0

1.0

B

2002 - 2009

2016

Devasenapathy

cross sectional, household survey

1974 EPI Vaccines + Hep B (HBV)

INDIA

1

3.5

A

2014

2016

Devkota

Pooled cross-sectional series

1974 EPI Vaccines + Hep B (HBV)

NEPAL

0

5

B

2003 - 2011

2015

Egondi

Cross-Sectional Slum Survey of 2012

1974 EPI vaccines + Hep B + Hib (aka penta for some studies)

KENYA

1

1.92

B

2012

2011

Fernandez

Secondary census data

Measles

INDONESIA

0

5

B

2007

2007

Fotso

secondary data analysis

1974 EPI vaccines: BCG, polio, measles, DTP

VARIOUS

1

2

C

1990 - 2006

2020

Gao

secondary DHS and MICS data

Measles

VARIOUS

1

2

A

2014 - 2017

2006

Gaudin

secondary data analysis

1974 EPI vaccines: BCG, polio, measles, DTP

INDIA

1

5.0

A

1992 - 1999

2020

Geweniger

Secondary data analysis

1974 EPI vaccines + Hep B + Hib + PCV + Rota

ETHIOPIA

1

1.92

A

2016

2020

Goli

secondary data analysis

1974 EPI vaccines: BCG, polio, measles, DTP

INDIA

1

2

C

2015 - 2016

2013

Goli

secondary data analysis

Missing/Not given

INDIA

1

1.92

A

2005 - 2006

2012

Goodson

Nationwide cross-sectional survey

Measles

MADAGASCAR

0.75

4.92

B

2007

2005

Grabowsky

single population-based survey

Measles

ZAMBIA

0.5

4.92

B

2003

2014

Gram

Secondary data analysis

1974 EPI vaccines + Hep B + Hib + YF

GHANA

0

1.0

B

2011

2014

Grundy

secondary data analysis

DTP

VARIOUS

NA

NA

A

NA

2008

Gupta

sample survey of households

1974 EPI vaccines + Hep B + Hib + MR

INDIA

0

5

B

2006

2018

Hajizadeh

Secondary data analysis

BCG, polio, DTP, measles

VARIOUS

0.83

4.92

A

2010 - 2015

2019

Hajizadeh

Secondary dataanalysis

1974 EPI vaccines: BCG, polio, measles, DTP

GAMBIA, KYRGYZREPUBLIC, NAMIBIA

0

4.92

A

2012, 2013

2018

Hanifi

Secondary dataanalysis

1974 EPI vaccines + Hep B + Hib (aka penta for some studies)

BANGLADESH

1

1.92

A

2012 - 2016

2014

Helleringer

secondary data analysis

Polio

VARIOUS

1

2

A

NA

2017

Herliana

Cross-sectional

1974 EPI Vaccines + Hep B (HBV)

INDONESIA

1

5

B

2012

2009

Hong

secondary data analysis

DTP

CAMBODIA

0

1.0

A

2000 - 2005

2016

Hosseinpoor

secondary data analysis

DTP

VARIOUS

1

1.92

C

2000 - 2013

2003

Houweling

secondary data analysis

Measles

VARIOUS

1

1.92

A

1991 - 1998

2018

Hu

secondary data analysis

1974 EPI vaccines + Hep B + JE

CHINA

2

3

A

2014, 2017

2019

Hu

secondary data analysis

1974 EPI vaccines + Hep B + MR

CHINA

2

3

A

2016

2017

Hu

secondary data analysis

1974 EPI vaccines + Hep B + JE

CHINA

2

2.92

A

2014

2018

Imran

Secondary data analysis

Polio

PAKISTAN

1

1.92

A

1990 - 1991

2020

Joseph

secondary data analysis

1974 EPI Vaccines + PCV

KENYA

1

1.92

A

2014

2017

Joshi

multiple indicator cluster surveys

1974 EPI vaccines + Hep B + Hib + MR

MONGOLIA

0

5.0

A

2000, 2005, 2010

2021

Kannankeril

Secondary data analysis

BCG, polio, DTP, measles

INDIA

1

1.92

A

2015 - 2016

2017

Kasuma

cluster randomised trial

1974 EPI Vaccines + Hep B (HBV)

INDONESIA

1

1.92

A

2007 - 2009

2016

KC

Secondary data analysis

BCG, polio, DTP, measles

NEPAL

0

1.0

A

2001 - 2014

2011

Khan

secondary data analysis

DTP, MCV, & BCG

BANGLADESH

0

5.0

A

1993 - 2007

2011

Khowaja

secondary data analysis

1974 EPI Vaccines + Hep B (HBV)

PAKISTAN

1

1.92

A

2008

2016

Kumar

secondary data analysis

1974 EPI vaccines: BCG, polio, measles, DTP

INDIA

1

1.92

A

1990 - 2006

2013

Kumar

secondary data analysis

DTP, MCV, & BCG

INDIA

1

1.92

B

NA

2015

Lanaspa

secondary data analysis

1974 EPI vaccines + Hep B + Hib (aka penta for some studies)

MOZAMBIQUE

0

5

A

2012

2020

LBDVCC

secondary data analysis and modelling

Measles

VARIOUS

0

5.0

A

2000 - 2019

2016

Li

cross-sectional survey?

Influenza

CHINA

60

100.0

A

2013

2010

Limwattananon

secondary data analysis

1974 EPI vaccines + Hep B + MR

THAILAND

1

2

A

2005 - 2006

2016

Lv

Cross-sectional surveys

Influenza

CHINA

60

NA

A

2012

2015

Martins

Cross-sectional surveys

Hep B

BRAZIL

18

100.0

A

2012 - 2013

2007

Mashal

secondary data analysis

1974 EPI vaccines: BCG, polio, measles, DTP

AFGHANISTAN

0

1

D

2000 - 2003

1997

Matthews

Secondary data analysis

1974 EPI vaccines: BCG, polio, measles, DTP

GHANA

0

5.0

C

1988

2006

Mfenyana

Cross-sectional surveys

Missing/Not given

SOUTH AFRICA

0

5

B

1999

2007

Minh Thang

Secondary data analysis

1974 EPI vaccines: BCG, polio, measles, DTP

VIETNAM

0.917

1.92

D

2002

2020

Mishra

secondary data analysis

1974 EPI Vaccines + Hep B (HBV)

INDIA

1

5.0

B

NA

2009

Mohanty

secondary data analysis

1974 EPI vaccines: BCG, polio, measles, DTP

INDIA

1

1.92

B

1992 - 2006

2021

Muche Fenta

secondary data analysis

1974 EPI vaccines: BCG, polio, measles, DTP

VARIOUS

1

1.92

A

2013 - 2017

2020

Nda’chi Deffo

secondary DHS data

1974 EPI vaccines: BCG, polio, measles, DTP

CAMEROON

0.83

5

A

1991 - 2011

2021

Ndwandwe

Secondary data analysis

1974 EPI vaccines: BCG, polio, measles, DTP

SOUTH AFRICA

1

1.92

B

2016

2011

Nkonki

secondary data analysis

DTP, BCG, OPV

SOUTH AFRICA

0

0.461

A

NA

2019

Nozaki

Secondary data analysis

DTP, MCV, & BCG

MYANMAR

1

1.92

A

2015

2017

Ntenda

secondary data analysis

1974 EPI vaccines: BCG, polio, measles, DTP

MALAWI

1

1.92

A

2004, 2010

2017

Oryema

cluster survey

1974 EPI vaccines + Hep B + Hib (aka penta for some studies)

UGANDA

0

5.0

A

2013

2003

Pande

secondary data analysis

1974 EPI vaccines: BCG, polio, measles, DTP

INDIA

1

5.0

B

1992 - 1993

2020

Portnoy

secondary data analysis

Measles

VARIOUS

0

5.0

A

NA

2018

Portnoy

secondary data analysis

Measles

VARIOUS

0

5.0

A

NA

2013

Prakash

secondary data analysis

1974 EPI vaccines: BCG, polio, measles, DTP

INDIA

0

5.0

A

2005 - 2006

2014

Prusty

DHS but broken down by gender coverage ratio

1974 EPI vaccines: BCG, polio, measles, DTP

INDIA

1

1.92

A

1992 - 2006

2015

Rammohan

secondary data analysis

DTP & MCV

INDIA

1

5

A

2008

2018

Raza

DHS

1974 EPI vaccines + Hep B + Hib (aka penta for some studies)

PAKISTAN

NA

NA

A

2012 - 2013

2016

Restrepo-Méndez

secondary data analysis

1974 EPI vaccines: BCG, polio, measles, DTP

VARIOUS

0

18.0

A

2001 - 2012

2016

Restrepo-Méndez

secondary data analysis

1974 EPI vaccines: BCG, polio, measles, DTP

VARIOUS

1

2.0

A

2000 - 2013

2017

Sanoussi

secondary data analysis

Missing/Not given

TOGO

0

5

A

1998 - 2013

2010

Semali

secondary data analysis

1974 EPI vaccines: BCG, polio, measles, DTP

TANZANIA

1

1.92

C

1990, 1996, 2004

2020

Shibre

secondary data analysis

Measles

ETHIOPIA

1

1.92

A

2000, 2005, 2011, 2016

2014

Sissoko

Secondary data analysis

1974 EPI vaccines: BCG, polio, measles, DTP

INDIA

1

1.92

A

2007 - 2008

2013

Soeung

Secondary data analysis

DTP & MCV

CAMBODIA

NA

NA

C

2000 - 2010

2020

Song

Secondary data analysis

1974 EPI vaccines: BCG, polio, measles, DTP

NEPAL

1

1.92

A

2016

2015

Soura

Secondary data analysis

1974 EPI vaccines: BCG, polio, measles, DTP

VARIOUS

1

5

C

2010 - 2015

2019

Sowe

Secondary data analysis

1974 EPI vaccines: BCG, polio, measles, DTP

GAMBIA

1

1.92

A

2013

2020

Srivastava

secondary data analysis

1974 EPI Vaccines + Hep B (HBV)

INDIA

1

5.0

A

2015 - 2016

2015

Tsawe

secondary data analysis

Missing/Not given

Eswatini

0

18.0

A

2006 - 2007

2016

Uddin

multiple surveys

DTP, Hep B, Hib, MR (measles/Rubella), BCG

BANGLADESH

1

1.92

A

2013 - 2014

2017

Uthman

secondary data analysis

Polio

NIGERIA

1

1.92

A

2013

2017

Uzochukwu

Cross-sectional with cluster sampling design

1974 EPI Vaccines + Hep B (HBV)

NIGERIA

0.75

5

B

2016

2017

van den Ent

Cross-sectional surveys

DTP

MADAGASCAR

NA

NA

C

2013 - 2015

2013

Van Malderen

Secondary dataanalysis

Measles

KENYA

1

1.92

B

2008 - 2009

2012

Victora

secondary data analysis

Measles

VARIOUS

NA

NA

A

NA

2021

Wahl

secondary data analysis

1974 EPI vaccines: BCG, polio, measles, DTP

INDIA

1

2

A

2005 - 2016

2019

Wariri

secondary data analysis

DTP & BCG

VARIOUS

1

1.92

A

NA

2019

Wuneh

secondary data analysis

1974 EPI vaccines: BCG, polio, measles, DTP

ETHIOPIA

0.5

1.92

A

2016 - 2017

2017

Xeuatvongsa

nationwide population-based cross-sectionalstudy that used data obtained through multistage cluster sampling

1974 EPI vaccines: BCG, polio, measles, DTP

LAOS

1

2.92

A

2014

2005

Xie

secondary dataanalysis

1974 EPI Vaccines + Hep B (HBV)

CHINA

0

7

A

1991 - 1997

2019

Yang

secondary data analysis

Hep B

CHINA

16

45+

A

2008 - 2009