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. 2015 Mar 2;7(4):247–255. doi: 10.1093/inthealth/ihv014

Table 2.

Home-based record type and characteristics by geographic region, GAVI eligibility status and income classification

Home-based record type
Provided gratis School requirement
Vaccination- only card Vaccination plus growth monitoring Child health book Multiple types
Geographic region
 Africa (n=35) 3 (9%) 19 (54%) 13 (37%) 0 28 (80%) 12 (34%)
 Americas (n=25) 6 (24%) 3 (12%) 9 (36%) 7 (28%) 25 (100%) 17 (68%)
 Eastern Mediterranean (n=13) 6 (46%) 3 (23%) 3 (23%) 1 (8%) 10 (77%) 8 (61%)
 Europe (n=35) 14 (40%) 0 11 (31%) 10 (29%) 33 (94%) 17 (49%)
 Southeast Asia (n=10) 2 (20%) 2 (20%) 6 (60%) 0 10 (100%) 3 (30%)
 Western Pacific (n=20) 1 (5%) 4 (20%) 6 (30%) 9 (45%) 18 (90%) 5 (25%)
GAVI Alliance eligible (n=54) 12 (22%) 24 (44%) 16 (30%) 2 (4%) 45 (83%) 13 (24%)
World Bank income groupa
 Low-income (n=28) 7 (25%) 14 (50%) 7 (25%) 0 24 (86%) 4 (14%)
 Middle-income (n=78) 17 (22%) 16 (21%) 29 (37%) 16 (21%) 70 (90%) 46 (59%)
 High-income (n=31) 8 (26%) 1 (3%) 12 (39%) 10 (32%) 29 (93%) 12 (39%)
Overall (n=138) 32 (23.1%) 31 (22.4%) 48 (34.7%) 27 (19.5%) 124 (89.8%) 62 (44.9%)

a Niue, a survey respondent country, is not classified by the World Bank.