Table 2 Socio-demographic, Socio-economic Characteristics and MHHM behaviors among Adolescent Girls in Rural Uttar Pradesh (n=2206)

District

Jaunpur

36.76%

35.75%

36.93%

37.53%

38.94%

0.002

Sonebhadra

29.74%

30.82%

34.09%

30.40%

19.80%

Mirzapur

33.50%

33.43%

28.98%

32.08%

41.25%

Religion

Non-Hindu

2.95%

2.61%

2.27%

2.31%

5.94%

0.01

Hindu

97.05%

97.39%

97.73%

97.69%

94.06%

Caste

General Caste

9.38%

8.66%

9.66%

8.81%

12.54%

0.02

Scheduled Caste

50.54%

47.77%

53.98%

54.93%

49.50%

Other Backward Caste

40.07%

43.58%

36.36%

36.27%

37.95%

Age (years)

16.24

16.25

16.15

16.22

16.34

0.58

Education (grade)

9.13

9.42

9.25

10.0

9.85

0.25

Type of house

Kutcha

47.05%

42.74%

54.26%

53.25%

44.22%

<0.01

Semi-pucca

24.52%

25.70%

21.02%

23.06%

26.73%

Pucca

28.42%

31.56%

24.72%

23.69%

29.04%

Marital Status

Married

0.86%

0.74%

1.14%

1.05%

0.66%

0.86

Unmarried

98.87%

98.88%

98.58%

98.95%

99.01%

Other

0.27%

0.37%

0.28%

0%

0.33%

Duration since menarche

< 1 year

13.65%

13.57%

14.45%

12.34%

15.10%

0.70

≥1 year

86.35%

86.43%

85.55%

87.66%

84.90%

Preparation of clean absorbent

Inadequate (inad)

52.18%

59.12%

51.42%

43.82%

41.58%

< 0.01

Semi-adequate (semiad)

24.43%

18.99%

23.86%

32.49%

31.68%

Adequate (ad)

23.39%

21.88%

24.72%

23.69%

26.73%

Storage of clean absorbent

inad

22.71%

30.54%

14.77%

16.77%

13.53%

<0.01

semiad

16.77%

19.37%

15.06%

14.05%

13.86%

ad

60.52%

50.09%

70.17%

69.18%

72.61%

Frequency of changing

inad

36.17%

52.42%

26.70%

15.30%

22.44%

<0.01

ad

63.83%

47.58%

73.30%

84.70%

77.56%

Disposal

inad

34.72%

44.23%

28.41%

24.74%

24.09%

<0.01

semiad

24.75%

24.12%

24.43%

25.58%

26.07%

ad

40.53%

31.66%

47.16%

49.69%

49.83%

Hygiene

inad

36.40%

42.55%

31.25%

28.51%

33.0%

<0.01

semiad

15.87%

15.08%

19.32%

17.40%

12.21%

ad

47.74%

42.36%

49.43%

54.09%

54.79%