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Table 3 Responses of the participants to the knowledge related information on birth registration and certification of a child, Tigray Region, Ethiopia, May, 2018

From: Status and associated factors of birth registration in selected districts of Tigray region, Ethiopia

Have you ever heard about Birth Registration (N = 383)

Number

Percent

Yes

172

44.9

No

211

55.1

Main source of information for those who ever heard (N = 172)

 Medias

55

31.9

 Training or Meeting on birth registration

24

13.9

 Families and/or neighbors

39

22.7

 Health institutions

54

31.5

Do you know the legal time when to register the birth of a child (N = 172)

 Within three months after live birth

93

54.1

 After four months following live birth

30

17.4

 I do not know

49

28.5

Do you know where to get birth certificate (N = 172)

 Yes

123

71.5

 No

49

28.5

Do you know some uses of birth registration (N = 172)

 Yes

92

53.5

 No

80

46.5

Summary index of knowledge (N = 172)

 Knowledgeable

99

57.6

 Not knowledgeable

73

42.4