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Table 3 Frequency of the reported emotions experienced at menarche by the respondents’ decade of birth

From: Spanish menstrual literacy and experiences of menstruation

Decade of Birth

Percentages (%)

Joy*

Shame**

Fear**

Stress*

Pride*

Worry**

Sadness*

Disgust**

Frequency

1950s

16.3

8.2

8.2

6.1

4.1

18.4

0

6.32

49

1960s

7.4

28.4

13.6

15.3

6.8

20.5

2.3

6.3

176

1970s

9.6

32.5

14.4

16.6

4.3

24.7

10.8

10

679

1980s

9.6

36.2

20.6

19.9

5.1

27.6

11.5

11.6

1255

1990s

9.7

36.2

30.3

26.4

5.3

35.3

12.8

16.3

1479

2000s

9.4

33.8

32.7

29.6

5.2

37.4

13.1

20.7

382

Average

9.1

33.4

22.3

21.5

5.0

29.1

10.0

12.9

 

Std. Dev

1.0

3.2

8.8

6.2

0.9

7.1

4.5

5.6

 

Total

385

1394

959

898

206

1226

461

545

4028

  1. Emotions with * showed a correlation with the information about what the bleeding was, and emotions with ** showed a correlation with the information on how to manage menstruation information