Table 3 Bivariate analysis of factors associated with knowledge of menstruation

Age

0.254

10–19 years

98 (33.8%)

98 (33.8%)

94 (32.4%)

290 (100.0%)

20–29 years

96 (28.9%)

115 (34.6%)

121 (36.4%)

332 (100.0%)

30–39 years

78 (35.6%)

70 (32.0%)

71 (32.4%)

219 (100.0%)

40–49 years

35 (43.8%)

24 (30.0%)

21 (26.2%)

80 (100.0%)

Caste

< 0.001

Scheduled Tribes

65 (32.3%)

92 (45.8%)

44 (21.9%)

201 (100.0%)

Scheduled Caste

67 (41.1%)

52 (31.9%)

44 (27.0%)

163 (100.0%)

Other Backward classes

124 (31.8%)

116 (29.7%)

150 (38.5%)

390 (100.0%)

General

45 (28.7%)

46 (29.3%)

66 (42.0%)

157 (100.0%)

Others

6 (60.0%)

1 (10.0%)

3 (30.0%)

10 (100.0%)

Region

0.026

Urban

78 (28.5%)

88 (32.1%)

108 (39.4%)

274 (100.0%)

Rural

229 (35.4%)

219 (33.8%)

199 (30.8%)

647 (100.0%)

Education of the respondent

< 0.001

Illiterate

62 (44.9%)

55 (39.9%)

21 (15.2%)

138 (100.0%)

Primary

19 (30.2%)

25 (39.7%)

19 (30.2%)

63 (100.0%)

Secondary

146 (31.5%)

156 (33.6%)

162 (34.9%)

464 (100.0%)

Higher Secondary and above

80 (31.2%)

71 (27.7%)

105 (41.0%)

256 (100.0%)

Education of the mother

0.036

Illiterate

158 (33.2%)

179 (37.6%)

139 (29.2%)

476 (100.0%)

Primary

62 (32.5%)

55 (28.8%)

74 (38.7%)

191 (100.0%)

Secondary

72 (33.6%)

66 (30.8%)

76 (35.5%)

214 (100.0%)

Higher Secondary and above

15 (37.5%)

7 (17.5%)

18 (45.0%)

40 (100.0%)

Wealth Index

0.028

Poor

119 (37.2%)

112 (35.0%)

89 (27.8%)

320 (100.0%)

Middle-class

92 (30.9%)

107 (35.9%)

99 (33.2%)

298 (100.0%)

Rich

96 (31.7%)

88 (29.0%)

119 (39.3%)

303 (100.0%)