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Table 3 The theme, categories and codes as identified from the qualitative data

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

Theme: ‘Girl students academic performance and school attendance is affected by lack of knowledge, sanitary materials and lack of facilities at schools’

Categories

1-Poor knowledge about menstruation

2-Unreadiness during menstruation

3-Influence on academic performance

4-Reasons of school absenteeism

5- Reasons of school dropout

Codes

No prior knowledge about menstruation

Afraid to use sanitary pad in school

Class concentration

Lack of school facilities

Fear of sudden bleeding

 

Misperceptions

Knowledge gap on how to use sanitary pad

Class participation

Fear of unexpected bleeding

Lack of material or pad

 

Shocked

Ashamed to buy sanitary pad

School absenteeism

Lack of material or pad

Lack of knowledge

 

Scared

Unavailability of sanitary pad

School dropout

Embarrassment

Embarrassment

 

Disclosure

Malpractices

Missing exam

Pain

 
  

High cost