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Table 2 One-year incidence of menstrual regulation (per 1000) overall and by characteristics of female respondents aged 15–49, Cote d'Ivoire (N = 2738)*

From: Menstrual regulation: examining the incidence, methods, and sources of care of this understudied health practice in three settings using cross-sectional population-based surveys

 

Rate

95% CI

 

P-value

Age

   15–19

16.5

7.3

25.8

0.515

   20–24

27.0

15.7

38.4

 

   25–29

22.3

6.3

38.3

 

   30–34

17.0

0.5

33.4

 

   35–39

20.9

4.9

36.9

 

   40–44

22.4

3.0

41.8

 

   45–49

15.2

0.0

33.2

 

Education

   Never

14.5

6.3

22.7

0.201

   Primary

20.8

11.1

30.4

 

   Secondary

29.0

15.0

43.1

 

   Higher

33.2

3.8

62.7

 

Marital status

   Currently married/cohabiting

18.1

10.1

26.0

0.339

   Divorced or separated/widowed

22.4

0.0

45.1

 

   Never married

25.6

15.0

36.2

 

Religion of household

   Muslim

10.1

3.3

16.8

0.079

   Catholic

33.7

16.8

50.6

 

   Evangelical

19.8

4.1

35.5

 

   Other

32.0

9.7

54.4

 

   No religion

21.0

8.7

33.2

 

Ethnicity

   Akan

30.0

15.1

45.0

0.153

   Mande (North and South)

15.7

3.7

27.8

 

   Gur

24.3

8.1

40.6

 

   Other Ivoirian

17.9

1.9

34.0

 

   Other non-Ivoirian

8.4

0.1

16.8

 

Wealth

   Poorest

18.7

1.4

36.1

0.982

   Second poorest

17.8

4.9

30.7

 

   Middle

23.7

10.5

36.9

 

   Second wealthiest

20.5

4.3

36.8

 

   Wealthiest

22.3

9.8

34.7

 

Parity

   0

19.3

7.0

31.5

0.479

   1–2

26.3

14.8

37.8

 

   3–4

16.8

6.3

27.2

 

   5 + 

17.3

1.7

32.9

 

Residence

   Rural

22.7

8.2

37.3

0.677

   Urban

19.2

11.1

27.4

 

 Overall

20.6

13.1

28.1

  1. *Estimates weighted; p-value from Adjusted Wald test