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Maternal education and immunization status among children in Kenya

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Onsomu EO, Abuya BA, Okech IN et al.

Full Citation

Onsomu EO, Abuya BA, Okech IN et al. 2015. Maternal education and immunization status among children in Kenya. Maternal and Child Health Journal. 19.

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Additional key concepts from this publication:

Studies have shown that maternal education is significantly associated with immunization coverage for themselves and for their children.

Key Evidence: Data from the Kenya Demographic and Health Survey show that women with a primary school education were 2 to 5 times more likely to have their infants vaccinated (depending on the vaccine) and women with a secondary school education were 2.5 to 9 times more likely to have their infants vaccinated than mothers with less than a primary education or no education [after adjusting for wealth, age, religion and other variables]. Targeted communications activities to sensitize less educated women on the value of vaccination could be a short-term measure to close this gap.