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