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Table 5 Predictors of practice about menstruation and menstrual hygiene among high school girls’ of Nekemte town, Oromia region, Western Ethiopia, 2014

From: Assessment of knowledge and practice of menstrual hygiene among high school girls in Western Ethiopia

Characteristics

Practice

Crude OR

Adjusted OR

Good (%)

Poor (%)

OR (CI)

OR (CI)

Educational status of the mothers

 Below and Primary

224 (35.7 %)

404 (64.3 %)

1

1

 Secondary and above

102 (52.3 %)

93 (47.7 %)

1.98 (1.43–2.74)

2.03 (1.38–2.97)*

Educational status of the father

 Below and Primary

166 (35.4 %)

303 (64.6 %)

1

1

 Secondary and above

164 (46.7 %)

187 (53.3 %)

1.60 (1.21– 2.12)

1.26 (0.90–1.78)

Occupational status of the mother

 House wife

127 (47.2 %)

142 (52.8 %)

1

 

 Others

201 (36.7 %)

347 (63.3 %)

0.65 (0.48–0.87)

0.66 (0.47– 0.91)*

Monthly income

 <800

67 (31.2 %)

148 (68.8 %)

1

1

 800–1000

129 (42.2 %)

177 (57.8 %)

1.61 (1.12–2.32)

1.46 (0.99 – 2.15)

 1001–2000

52 (44.1 %)

66 (55.9 %)

1.74 (1.09–2.77)

1.20 (0.73 – 1.99)

 >2000

68 (40.2 %)

101(59.8 %)

0.65 (1.49–2.27)

1.24 (0.80 – 1.93)

Earn permanent pocket money from parents or relatives

 Yes

66 (60.6 %)

43 (39.4 %)

2.65 (1.76–4.00)

2.73 (1.76–4.26)*

 No

264 (36.7 %)

455 (63.3 %)

1

1

  1. Key = *statistically significant (p-value <0.05), 1 = Reference category