Table 7 Relative risk ratios from multinomial logistic regression analysis examining factors associated with menstrual hygiene management practices among adolescent girls
Variable Name (Ref = Good) | Bad | Fair | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
RRR (95% CI) | Sig | RRR (95% CI) | Sig | |
Place of residence (Ref = Rural) | ||||
Urban | 0.61 (0.38, 0.98) | 0.045 | 0.83 (0.52, 1.33) | 0.436 |
Age (Ref = ≥ 16) | ||||
≥ 15 | 0.50 (0.32, 0.80) | 0.004 | 0.71 (0.44, 1.13) | 0.146 |
Family size (Ref = Large) | ||||
Small | 0.52 (0.31, 0.86) | 0.011 | 0.66 (0.40, 1.10) | 0.115 |
Religion (Ref = Hindu) | ||||
Islam | 1.31 (0.59, 2.90) | 0.510 | 1.51 (0.65, 3.49) | 0.338 |
Fathers’ education (Ref = HSC and/or Above) | ||||
Illiterate | 3.28 (1.16, 9.28) | 0.025 | 1.84 (0.67, 5.03) | 0.238 |
Primary | 3.56 (1.84, 6.88) | < 0.001 | 1.96 (1.04, 3.71) | 0.039 |
Secondary | 3.11 (1.67, 5.82) | < 0.001 | 1.64 (0.90, 3.01) | 0.108 |
Mothers’ education (Ref = HSC and/or Above) | ||||
Illiterate | 0.20 (0.05, 0.83) | 0.027 | 0.81 (0.23, 2.79) | 0.738 |
Primary | 1.07 (0.41, 2.75) | 0.895 | 1.45 (0.59, 3.61) | 0.420 |
Secondary | 0.97 (0.44, 2.16) | 0.943 | 0.93 (0.44, 1.99) | 0.860 |
Fathers’ income (Ref = High) | ||||
Low | 0.91 (0.39, 2.13) | 0.827 | 0.62 (0.28, 1.39) | 0.244 |
Middle | 0.50 (0.23, 1.12) | 0.094 | 0.32 (0.15, 0.69) | 0.003 |
Perceived socioeconomic class (Ref = High) | ||||
Low | 0.32 (0.10, 0.98) | 0.047 | 0.50 (0.18, 1.41) | 0.189 |
Middle | 0.69 (0.32, 1.52) | 0.358 | 0.54 (0.25, 1.18) | 0.124 |
Age of first menstruation (Ref = ≤ 13) | ||||
≥ 12 | 1.66 (1.05, 2.63) | 0.030 | 1.07 (0.67, 1.72) | 0.771 |
Model summary | ||||
AIC of the null model | 1025.2 | |||
AIC of final model | 992.1 | |||
Cox and Snell R square | 0.153 | |||
Nagelkerke R square | 0.172 | |||