Table 2. Responses to home-based record-related questions by 677 caregivers of children aged <24 months visiting a primary health care clinic: Kenya Missed Opportunities for Vaccination Assessment, 2016.
| N (%) | |
|---|---|
| Does your child have a vaccination card / health passport? | |
| Yes, and I have it with me | 516 (76) |
| Yes, but I do not have it with me | 129 (19) |
| No | 29 (4) |
| Missing | 3 (<1) |
| Ever lost a vaccination card / health passport for this child? | |
| Yes | 40 (6) |
| No | 596 (88) |
| Missing | 41 (6) |
| Purpose the vaccination card / health passport serves (respondent may select more than one response) |
|
| To know what vaccines the child has received and which are missing | 444 (65) |
| Birth certificate and/or identification | 24 (3) |
| Overall health record and growth monitoring | 77 (11) |
| Record and remind for return visit dates | 25 (4) |
| Other | 51 (7) |
| Don’t know | 57 (8) |
| Missing | 33 (5) |
| During today’s clinic visit, did the staff ask you for the child’s vaccination card / health passport? | |
| Yes | 443 (65) |
| No | 230 (34) |
| Missing | 4 (1) |
| Have you ever been asked to pay for a health card / passport for your child? | |
| Yes | 113 (17) |
| No | 554 (82) |
| Missing | 10 (1) |
| What type of health facility asked you to pay? (asked only if response ‘Yes’ to question above) |
|
| Public | 81 (72) |
| Private | 27 (24) |
| Missing | 5 (4) |