Variable

Category

Frequency (%)

Awareness about immunization (420)

Yes

410 (97.6)

No

10 (2.4)

**Awareness about childhood vaccine type (n = 410)

BCG

410 (100)

Measles

390 (95.1)

DPT

383 (93.4)

OPV

374 (91.2)

HPV

365 (89.0)

Yellow fever

352 (85.9)

Tetanus toxoid

298 (72.7)

IPV

204 (49.8)

Meningococcal

144 (35.1)

**Awareness about childhood immunizable diseases (n = 410)

Tuberculosis

392 (95.6)

Tetanus

376 (92.7)

Yellow fever

335 (81.7)

Poliomyelitis

328 (80.0)

Whooping cough

299 (72.9)

Diphtheria

294 (71.7)

Hepatitis

287 (70.0)

Meningitis

184 (44.9)

Level of knowledge (n = 420)

Poor (none)

10 (2.4)

Fair (1 - 2)

14 (3.3)

Moderate (3 - 4)

62 (14.8)

Good (>4)

334 (79.5)

**Sources of knowledge (n = 410)

Hospital personnel

386 (94.1)

Television

214 (52.2)

Radio

170 (41.5)

Friends/Relatives

160 (39.0)

Books

62 (15.1)

August meeting

53 (12.9)

Newspaper

44 (10.7)

Others

5 (1.2)