Table 5 Barriers to continuous sanitary pad use
Selected barriers to continuous sanitary pad use | Urban, n (%) | Rural, n (%) | Total n, (%) | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Sanitary pad buyer | < 0.001 | |||
Respondent herself | 81 (40.5) | 115 (49.8) | 196 (45.5) | |
Mother | 53 (26.5) | 55 (23.8) | 108 (25.1) | |
Father | 58 (29.0) | 31 (13.4) | 89 (20.6) | |
Sister | 6 (3.0) | 20 (8.7) | 26 (6.0) | |
Brother and or friends and or others | 2 (1.0) | 10 (4.3) | 12 (2.8) | |
Feeling of shyness to buy sanitary materials from a male shopkeeper | 0.010 | |||
Yes | 21 (24.7) | 53 (44.2) | 74 (36.1) | |
No | 64 (75.3) | 67 55.8) | 131 (63.9) | |
Feeling of shyness to buy a sanitary pad in the presence of male/s other than the shopkeeper | < 0.001 | |||
Yes | 38 (45.8) | 81 (70.4) | 119 (60.1) | |
No | 45 (54.2) | 34 (29.6) | 79 (39.9) | |
Total reserve of the sanitary pad at home during menstruation | 0.141 | |||
No | 155 (78.3) | 164 (74.2) | 319 (76.1) | |
Yes | 43 (21.7) | 57 (25.8) | 100 (23.9) | |
Measures taken in the absence of sanitary pad during menstruation | 0.047 | |||
Uses old cloth | 32 (20.6) | 59 (36.4) | 91 (28.7) | |
Uses new cloth | 67 (43.2) | 52 (32.1) | 119 (37.5) | |
Borrows sanitary pad from other | 46 (29.7) | 44 (27.2) | 90 (28.4) | |
Others | 10 (6.5) | 7 (4.3) | 17 (5.4) | |
Non-pad users desire for using sanitary pad during menstruation | 0.203 | |||
Yes | 37 (78.7) | 70 (68.6) | 107 (71.8) | |
No | 10 (21.3) | 32 (31.4) | 42 (28.2) | |
Cause of not using sanitary pad currently despite being desired | 0.271 | |||
Pads are very costly | 15 (44.1) | 22 (31.4) | 37 (35.6) | |
Feels embarrassed to buy sanitary pads | 13 (38.2) | 26 (37.1) | 39 (37.5) | |
Shop where pads are available is at long distance | 3 (8.8) | 8 (11.4) | 11 (10.6) | |
Others | 3 (8.8) | 14 (20.0) | 17 (16.3) | |
Cause of not willing to use sanitary pads | 0.498 | |||
Feels relaxed to use cloth | 07 (53.8) | 17 (63.0) | 24 (60.0) | |
Sanitary pads cause unnecessary money spending | 04 (30.8) | 07 (25.9) | 11 (27.5) | |
Sanitary pad causes rashes or other problems | 01 (7.7) | 03 (11.1) | 4 (10.0) | |
Others | 01 (7.7) | 00 (0.0) | 1 (2.5) | |