Menstrual hygiene management and school absenteeism among female adolescent students in Northeast Ethiopia

Table 1 Adolescent school girls knowledge about menstruation and its management, Northeast Ethiopia, 2013 (n = 551)

Variable	Numbers	Percent
Heard about menstruation before menarche	478	86.75
Feel comfortable to talk about menstruation	154	27.95
Knew common age range of menarche	501	90.93
Knew normal menstrual bleeding duration	516	93.65
Knew duration of a normal menstrual cycle	535	97.10
Knew disposable sanitary pad as menstrual soak up	262	47.55
Aware that menstruation is a physiologic process	319	57.89
Aware that menstruation is due to hormones	46	8.35
Aware that menstrual blood is from uterus	127	23.05
Aware that a girl cannot conceive during menstruation	279	50.64
Had learnt menstruation & its hygienic management in school	135	24.50
Aware that a girl can go to school during menstruation	476	86.39