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. 2019 Jan 24;14(1):e0210648. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0210648

Table 1. Characteristics of surveyed caregivers of children with documented vaccination dates: Chad and Malawi, 2015.

Chad Malawi
n % n %
CAREGIVER SURVEY TOTAL 238 483
Child demographics
Sex 197 476
 Male 77 39 214 45
 Female 120 61 262 55
Age 238 483
 <12 months 230 97 335 69
 ≥12 months 8 3 148 31
Ever vaccinated 226 461
 Yes 206 91 424 92
 No 20 9 37 8
Caregiver demographics
Sex 234 470
 Male 8 3 5 1
 Female 226 97 465 99
Relationship to child 206 465
 Mother 190 92 460 99
 Father 6 3 2 <1
 Other (e.g., grandparent, uncle/aunt, sibling) 10 5 3 1
Educational Level 229 474
 None 111 48 98 21
 At least some primary 26 11 267 56
 At least some secondary 92 40 109 23
Health facility visit
Type of Health Facility 238 483
 Public or government 193 81 471 98
 Private 28 12 1 <1
 Other (NGO1 faith-based, etc.) 17 7 11 2
Reason for visit 238 483
 Medical consultation2 21 9 223 46
 Vaccination 194 82 131 27
 Healthy child visit or developmental check-up -- -- 53 11
 Child is accompanying adult3 5 2 39 8
 Other or no reason reported 18 37 8
Child has home-based record 210 461
 Yes, available at visit 196 93 457 99
 Yes, but not available at visit 12 6 2 <1
 No 2 1 2 <1
Did staff ask for the card? 210 465
 Yes 180 86 292 63
 No 23 11 173 37
 No, but they asked about vaccines given 7 3 0 0

1 Non-governmental organization (NGO)

2 Child is sick, injured, or other medical consultation

3 Child is accompanying an adult or sibling (not visiting for treatment of vaccination)