Table 3 The respondent’s awareness on vaccination in Lay Armacheho District, North Gondar Zone, Northwest Ethiopia, 2014
Variables | Frequency | % |
|---|---|---|
Heard about vaccination | ||
Yes | 745 | 99.2 |
No | 6 | 0.8 |
Source of information | ||
Health workers | 686 | 66.8 |
Radio | 194 | 18.9 |
Television | 51 | 4.9 |
Friends | 39 | 3.8 |
School | 57 | 5.6 |
Able to know when to start vaccination | ||
Yes | 203 | 27.0 |
No | 548 | 73.0 |
Vaccination for a child is started | ||
Just after birth | 203 | 27.0 |
One month later | 492 | 65.4 |
Any time | 10 | 1.3 |
I don’t know | 46 | 6.2 |
Vaccination sessions needed | ||
Once | 4 | 0.5 |
Twice | 19 | 2.5 |
Three times | 312 | 41.5 |
Five times | 308 | 40.9 |
I don’t know | 108 | 14.4 |
Able to know at what age to complete vaccination | ||
Yes | 519 | 69.0 |
No | 232 | 31.0 |
When to complete vaccination? | ||
9 months | 519 | 69.1 |
1 year | 103 | 13.7 |
5 years | 65 | 8.7 |
I don’t know | 30 | 4.0 |
Othersa | 34 | 4.5 |