Table 1.

Demographics of the pediatric sample from the Mulago Hospital Sickle Cell Disease clinic, by child age, residence and maternal demographics.

	Vaccinedata (n=104)	Chemoprophylaxis data (n=147)
Child’s age (months)
0–23	42 (40.4)	56 (38.1)
24–47	40 (38.5)	47 (32.0)
48–71	22 (21.2)	44 (29.9)
Residence
Kampala	47 (45.2)	69 (46.9)
Other	57 (54.8)	78 (53.1)
Maternal Education Level
Primary school	33 (31.7)	49 (33.3)
Secondary school	51 (49.0)	72 (49.0)
University	19 (18.3)	26 (17.7)
Unknown/no response	1 (1.0)	0 (0.0)
Maternal Employment Status
Yes	52 (50.0)	82 (55.8)
No	52 (50.0)	64 (43.5)
Unknown/no response	0 (0.0)	1 (0.7)
Maternal religion
Christian	75 (72.1)	112 (76.2)
Muslim/Other	29 (27.9)	35 (23.8)

Education includes some schooling or completion at each level.