Dynamics of usage of menstrual hygiene and unhygienic methods among young women in India: a spatial analysis

BMC Women's Health

Table 5 OLS, Spatial Lag, and Error Model to assess the association between the use of both methods and selected covariates, NFHS-5

Variables	OLS	S.E	SLM	S.E	SEM	S.E
15–19 years	0.438***	0.103	0.162*	0.077	0.032	0.084
Rural	0.128***	0.026	0.095***	0.019	0.123***	0.023
SC/ST	-0.063**	0.023	-0.022	0.017	-0.003	0.024
Muslim	0.073**	0.028	0.037	0.021	0.06	0.033
Illiterate	-0.102	0.088	-0.045	0.065	-0.027	0.089
Poorest	0.213***	0.035	0.084**	0.027	0.136***	0.041
No toilet facility	-0.191***	0.040	-0.085**	0.030	-0.092*	0.045
No media exposure	0.045	0.040	-0.022	0.030	-0.088*	0.043
N	707		707		707
Rho			0.674***
λ					0.729***
Akaike info criteria	5443.73		5110.850		5123.57
R²	0.222		0.566		0.568

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