In urban Tanzania, a mother's education level doesn't seem to affect whether her baby gets DTP shots on time.

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Determinants of delayed or incomplete diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccination in parallel urban and rural birth cohorts of 30,956 infants in Tanzania

Cohort Study

Human

2019 Feb 26

The study found that in Dar es Salaam, moms with less education were still more likely to have babies who missed their vaccines — just not as much as in rural areas, so saying there’s 'no association' is wrong.

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Determinants of delayed or incomplete diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccination in parallel urban and rural birth cohorts of 30,956 infants in Tanzania

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DOI: 10.1186/s12879-019-3828-3

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