Tetanus Toxoid Vaccination Uptake and Associated Factors among Mothers Who Gave Birth in the Last 12 Months in Errer District, Somali Regional State, Eastern Ethiopia
Table 2
Knowledge of TT vaccine among mothers who gave birth in the last 12 months in Errer district, Ethiopian Somali Regional State, March in 2017 ().
Variables
Frequency
Percent
Knowledge of TT vaccine
A vaccine giving to women of childbearing age
325
73.9
Family planning provided to women
8
1.8
I do not know
107
24.3
Eligible for TT vaccine
All childbearing-age women including 15 years and above school girls
61
13.9
Only infants
39
8.9
Only pregnant women
195
44.2
I do not know
145
33.0
Appointment from 1st dose to 2nd dose of TT vaccine
After one week
4
1.0
After four weeks
236
53.6
After six weeks
31
7.0
After one year
11
2.5
I do not know
158
35.9
Total number of TT vaccines women should receive in their lifetime
Two times
8
1.8
Three times
30
6.8
Four times
20
4.5
Five times
55
12.5
I do not know
327
74.4
Purpose of tetanus toxoid vaccine
To protect only the mother from tetanus
10
2.3
To protect both the mother and the baby from tetanus
