Nairobi Cross-sectional Slums Survey (NCSS), 2012, 2nd Survey

KENYA, 2012
Population Dynamics and Urbanization in Africa (PDAU)

African Population & Health Research Center

CSV JSON

how many tetanus shots given during last pregnancy (wom_q415)

Data file: NCSS 2012 WOMEN PREGNANCY ANALYTICAL FILE

Overview

vald 2247

invd 0

Interval discrete

Decimal 0

Range 0 - 9999995

Questions and instructions

Literal question

During this pregnancy, how many times did you get this tetanus injection?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
0		14	0.6%
1		480	21.4%
2		843	37.5%
3		265	11.8%
4		13	0.6%
5		3	0.1%
7		2	0.1%
8		21	0.9%
98	don't know	26	1.2%
99	not applicable	548	24.4%
9999995	missing:impute	32	1.4%

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Question pretext

Question post text

Interviewer instructions

Neonatal tetanus is a disease that kills many babies. Another name for tetanus is lockjaw. This disease can be prevented by transfer of immunity to the baby while still in the womb from a mother who has been adequately immunized against tetanus. If a woman receives at least two tetanus injections during any pregnancy, she is considered to be adequately immunized to protect her baby against neonatal tetanus. A child also is considered to be adequately protected if the mother received at least five tetanus injections during her lifetime and the last booster was received within a ten-year period prior to the pregnancy.

Qs. 414-415 ask about whether the respondent received any tetanus injection during that pregnancy and, if so, how many times she was given the tetanus injection. This immunization is usually given to the pregnant woman as an injection in the arm or the shoulder. A respondent who does not report receiving at least two tetanus injections during the pregnancy must be asked several additional questions to assess whether she was adequately immunized at the time of her pregnancy. Qs. 417-418 inquire about whether she received any tetanus injection prior to the pregnancy (e.g., during an earlier pregnancy or during childhood) and, if so, the total number of tetanus injections she was given before the pregnancy. If she received any tetanus injection prior to the pregnancy, she also will be asked about the date of the last injection (Q419). If she cannot remember at least the year when she received her most recent tetanus injection, she will be asked how many years before the survey the most recent tetanus injection was received (Q. 420).

Example: The respondent has two children, Mary and Jacob. Jacob is her last birth. She says that she had one tetanus injection when she was pregnant with Jacob and two injections when she was pregnant with Mary who was born in September 2008. She also is sure that she had all of the required childhood immunizations before entering school although she is not sure how many tetanus injections she had. For this respondent, you should select 'YES' in Q. 414, record '1' in Q. 415, and select 'OTHER' in Q.416. You should select 'YES' in Q.417 since she had tetanus injections prior to the pregnancy. Since the respondent is sure she had all required immunizations before entering school, you may assume that she had three immunizations during early childhood. Including the two injections when she was pregnant, this means she had a total of five tetanus injections before she became pregnant with Jacob. Thus, you should record '5' in Q.418. In response to Q. 419, the respondent says she is not sure but thinks she was given the second of the two injections in May during her pregnancy with Mary. You should record '05' for the month in Q. 419 and '2008' for the year.

Description

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Number of tetanus shots given during last pregnancy

Universe

Last pregnancy (among women aged 12-49 years) in the five years preceding the survey and during which woman received tetanus injection according to wom_q414