Table 2.

Knowledge, attitude and practice on varicella and its vaccination of the participants in this study (N = 629).

Categories	Questions	Positive Response #
		N	%
Knowledge	Have you ever heard about varicella? 1. Yes 2. No	585	93.0
	In your opinion what kind of disease is varicella? 1. Chronic 2. Autoimmune 3. Metabolic 4. Infectious 5. Hereditary 6. Inflammatory	516	82.0
	How can varicella be transmitted? 1. airborne droplets/direct contact/inhalation of aerosols 2. fecal-oral route, contact or ingestion of contaminatedfood or water 3. parenteral or mucosal exposure to body fluids from patients 4. other routes	428	68.0
	Have you ever heard about varicella immunization? 1. Yes 2. No	481	76.5
	Is there a vaccine available for varicella? 1. Yes 2. No	420	66.8
	Do you know the number of doses required for the completion of VarV? 1. Three doses 2. Two doses 3. One dose	85	13.5
	Do you feel you need more information about varicella immunization? 1. Yes 2. No	607	96.5
Practice	Will you vaccinate your child against the varicella in future? 1. Yes 2. No	552	87.8
	Coverage of VarV1 among children at their two years of age	525	83.5
		Mean value
Attitude	On a scale from 1 to 10, how much are you worried that your child might get varicella in future? *	7.9
	On a scale from 1 to 10, how serious do you consider varicella? *	6.5
	On a scale from 1 to 10, how useful do you consider varicella vaccination? *	7.7

* 1 indicates that you are not worried/serious/useful, 10 indicates that you are very worried/serious/useful; ^# for the questions in the knowledge and practice sections. The positive response of each question meant that pregnant woman answered correctly or took a positive practice on varicella and VarV vaccination.