**3. Results**

In the investigated communities, there were 227 children born between 2015 and 2017, with 94 (41.4%) from settlements and 133 (58.6%) from quilombola communities.

Population Characteristics:

Table 2 shows the characteristics of the participants by type of community. Of the total children included in the study (*n* = 227), 56.7% were male and 43.3% were female. Regarding the children's mothers, 63.2% were aged 28 or younger. Concerning the children's families, 66.4% had five people or fewer, 53.0% had access to the internet, and 61.5% had a gross income of less than or equal to USD 277.91. Furthermore, most children lived in quilombola communities (*n* = 133; 58.6%), rural areas (*n* = 172; 75.8%), and municipalities located in the North Goiano region (*n* = 77; 36.8%). As for the characteristics of access to health services for the children's families, it was identified that, in the last year, 59.9% received a visit from a health professional and 66.2% of the communities where the children lived did not have a public health unit.

**Table 2.** Sociodemographic characteristics according to the type of community of 227 settled and quilombola children in the state of Goiás, 2015–2017.


Notes: Mother's age (years)—mean 27.9, standard deviation 6.5; number of people in the house—mean 4.9, standard deviation 1.6; income (USD)—mean 277.91, standard deviation 226.2. \* Pearson's chi-square test corrected for study design. \*\* Per month.

After a global evaluation of the variables, a statistical difference was observed between the communities (*p* < 0.05) concerning the following characteristics: area of residence, mesoregion, number of people in the home, access to the internet, and the existence of a public health unit in the community (*p* = 0.000).

### *3.1. Vaccination Coverage*

Table 3 presents the vaccination coverage of the basic vaccination schedule for the first year evaluated at 11 months and 29 days. The overall vaccination coverage at 11 months and 29 days was 52.8% (95% CI: 45.5–59.9%). By community, the general vaccination coverage for the first year was 63.6% (95% CI: 51.7–74.1%) for settler communities and 48.0% (95% CI: 39.3–56.9%) for quilombola communities. The vaccine coverage by the investigated vaccine ranged from 70.4% for the Yellow Fever vaccine to 78.3% for the Rotavirus vaccine.

**Table 3.** Complete vaccination coverage and vaccine coverage, according to doses in the first year, evaluated at 12 months in settler and quilombola children in the state of Goiás, 2015–2017.


BCG: Bacillus Calmette-Guérin vaccine; DTP: Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis vaccine; Hib: *Haemophilus influenzae* type b vaccine; Polio: Poliovirus vaccine; PCV10: 10-valent pneumococcal vaccine; MenC: Serogroup C meningococcal conjugate vaccine; YF: Yellow Fever vaccine.
