Table 5 Bivariate analysis of factors associated with menstrual hygiene practices

Age

< 0.001

10–19 years

51 (17.6%)

125 (43.1%)

114 (39.3%)

290 (100.0%)

20–29 years

119 (35.8%)

102 (30.7%)

111 (33.4%)

332 (100.0%)

30–39 years

97 (44.3%)

59 (26.9%)

63 (28.8%)

219 (100.0%)

40–49 years

40 (50.0%)

22 (27.5%)

18 (22.5%)

80 (100.0%)

Caste

< 0.001

Scheduled Tribes

127 (63.2%)

51 (25.4%)

23 (11.4%)

201 (100.0%)

Scheduled Caste

59 (36.2%)

58 (35.6%)

46 (28.2%)

163 (100.0%)

Other Backward classes

109 (27.9%)

135 (34.6%)

146 (37.4%)

390 (100.0%)

General

11 (7.0%)

64 (40.8%)

82 (52.2%)

157 (100.0%)

Others

1 (10.0%)

0 (0.0%)

9 (90.0%)

10 (100.0%)

Region

< 0.001

Urban

28 (10.2%)

105 (38.3%)

141 (51.5%)

274 (100.0%)

Rural

279 (43.1%)

203 (31.4%)

165 (25.5%)

647 (100.0%)

Education of the respondent

< 0.001

Illiterate

121 (87.7%)

11 (8.0%)

6 (4.3%)

138 (100.0%)

Primary

41 (65.1%)

11 (17.5%)

11 (17.5%)

63 (100.0%)

Secondary

121 (26.1%)

181 (39.0%)

162 (34.9%)

464 (100.0%)

Higher Secondary and above

24 (9.4%)

105 (41.0%)

127 (49.6%)

256 (100.0%)

Education of the mother

< 0.001

Illiterate

255 (53.6%)

142 (29.8%)

79 (16.6%)

476 (100.0%)

Primary

29 (15.2%)

84 (44.0%)

78 (40.8%)

191 (100.0%)

Secondary

18 (8.4%)

72 (33.6%)

124 (57.9%)

214 (100.0%)

Higher Secondary and above

5 (12.5%)

10 (25.0%)

25 (62.5%)

40 (100.0%)

Wealth Index

< 0.001

Poor

176 (55.0%)

98 (30.6%)

46 (14.4%)

320 (100.0%)

Middle-class

101 (33.9%)

101 (33.9%)

96 (32.2%)

298 (100.0%)

Rich

30 (9.9%)

109 (36.0%)

164 (54.1%)

303 (100.0%)

Sanitation facility

< 0.001

Open field

204 (53.5%)

134 (35.2%)

43 (11.3%)

381 (100.0%)

Community toilet

2 (11.8%)

9 (52.9%)

6 (35.3%)

17 (100.0%)

Own toilet

101 (19.3%)

164 (31.4%)

257 (49.2%)

522 (100.0%)

Others

0 (0.0%)

1 (100.0%)

0 (0.0%)

1 (100.0%)

Source of water (for household purposes)

< 0.001

River/pond

113 (71.1%)

43 (27.0%)

3 (1.9%)

159 (100.0%)

Hand pump/well

135 (35.8%)

138 (36.6%)

104 (27.6%)

377 (100.0%)

Community Tap

26 (21.0%)

56 (45.2%)

42 (33.9%)

124 (100.0%)

Tap inside residence

33 (12.6%)

71 (27.2%)

157 (60.2%)

261 (100.0%)

Access to sanitary pads in your locality

< 0.001

No

100 (59.9%)

40 (24.0%)

27 (16.2%)

167 (100.0%)

Yes

207 (27.5%)

268 (35.5%)

279 (37.0%)

754 (100.0%)

Able to afford sanitary pads

< 0.001

No

190 (55.7%)

92 (27.0%)

59 (17.3%)

341 (100.0%)

Yes

117 (20.2%)

216 (37.2%)

247 (42.6%)

580 (100.0%)