Table 3 One-year incidence of menstrual regulation (per 1000) overall and by characteristics of female respondents aged 15–49, Rajasthan, India (N = 5832)*
Rate | 95% CI | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Age | ||||
15–19 | 2.4 | 0.0 | 6.4 | 0.014 |
20–24 | 7.9 | 2.7 | 13.0 | |
25–29 | 3.4 | 0.9 | 5.9 | |
30–34 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 6.9 | |
35–39 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 3.3 | |
40–44 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 3.2 | |
45–49 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | |
Education | ||||
Never | 1.5 | 0.2 | 2.8 | 0.168 |
Primary | 2.9 | 0.3 | 5.4 | |
Secondary | 7.4 | 1.2 | 13.5 | |
Higher | 4.4 | 0.0 | 9.7 | |
Marital status | ||||
Currently married/cohabiting | 3.5 | 1.7 | 5.2 | 0.000 |
Divorced or separated/widowed | 0.0 | – | – | |
Never married | 2.8 | 0.0 | 6.6 | |
Religion of household | ||||
Hindu | 2.8 | 1.3 | 4.3 | 0.530 |
Muslim | 5.8 | 0.0 | 11.8 | |
Other | 8.6 | 0.0 | 26.7 | |
Caste of household | ||||
Scheduled caste | 3.4 | 0.0 | 7.0 | 0.102 |
Scheduled tribe | 5.7 | 0.0 | 11.5 | |
Other backward caste | 3.4 | 1.0 | 5.8 | |
General | 1.3 | 0.6 | 1.9 | |
Wealth | ||||
Poorest | 4.3 | 0.0 | 8.6 | 0.566 |
Second poorest | 1.5 | 0.0 | 3.3 | |
Middle | 2.5 | 0.0 | 5.1 | |
Second wealthiest | 3.5 | 0.0 | 7.3 | |
Wealthiest | 4.2 | 0.6 | 7.9 | |
Parity | ||||
0 | 3.3 | 0.4 | 6.2 | 0.001 |
1–2 | 3.5 | 1.2 | 5.8 | |
3–4 | 3.8 | 0.8 | 6.8 | |
5 + | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Residence | ||||
Rural | 2.9 | 1.2 | 4.5 | 0.538 |
Urban | 4.0 | 0.9 | 7.0 | |
Overall | 3.3 | 1.7 | 4.8 | – |