Table 3 Differences in Knowledge of Menstruation and Menstrual Products: Experience of ME (N = 150)
From: How can we improve knowledge and perceptions of menstruation? A mixed-methods research study
Menstruation knowledge | Menstrual product knowledge | Menstruation perceptions | Menstrual product perceptions | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Classification | M (SD) | t | p | M (SD) | t | p | M (SD) | t | p | M (SD) | t | p | |
ME experience | |||||||||||||
Yes (n = 90) | 10.18 (1.80) | 4.034 | < .01* | 8.09 (3.19) | 3.106 | < .01* | 27.01 (3.15) | 1.347 | .180 | 30.08 (4.89) | 0.938 | .345 | |
No (n = 60) | 8.10 (3.71) | 6.13 (4.12) | 26.25 (3.73) | 29.23 (4.44) | |||||||||
Menstrual product education experience | |||||||||||||
Yes (n = 43) | 10.07 (1.93) | 2.383 | .019* | 8.47 (2.93) | 2.780 | < .01* | 27.41 (3.44) | 1.635 | .104 | 30.91 (5.06) | 1.873 | .063 | |
No (n = 107) | 9.06 (3.17) | 6.84 (3.89) | 26.42 (3.36) | 29.33 (4.51) | |||||||||
M (SD) | r | p | r | p | r | p | r | p | |||||
Amount of ME received | |||||||||||||
2.96 (1.03) | 0.193 | .018* | 0.065 | .430 | −0.038 | 0.645 | 0.166 | .043* | |||||