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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the study participants of formative, pilot and implementation schools of Dhaka and Manikganj, 2016–2017

From: Piloting an acceptable and feasible menstrual hygiene products disposal system in urban and rural schools in Bangladesh

Characteristics

Pre-intervention n(%)

Intervention design (Initial piloting) n (%)

Final intervention implementation n(%)

Type

N = 185

N = 151

N = 120

 Student

168 (90)

139 (92)

100 (83)

 Teacher and janitors

17 (10)

12 (8)

20 (17)

Sex

 Female

127 (72)

149 (98)

120 (100)

Education

N = 168

N = 139

N = 139

 Primary

5 (3)

4 (3)

–

 Secondary

163 (97)

135 (97)

100 (72)

Parent’s education

N = 336

N = 278

N = 120

 Primary or no education

99 (55)

103 (48)

47 (30)

 Secondary

120 (45)

93 (43)

89 (58)

 Higher secondary and above

52 (8)

20 (7)

17 (12)

Parent’s occupation

N = 336

N = 278

N = 200

 Housewife

133 (77)

96 (43)

95 (45)

 Small business

51 (4)

27 (12)

42 (20)

 Non-government job

59 (7)

33 (15)

33 (16)

 Work abroad

19 (2)

16 (7)

9 (4)

 Othera

34 (6)

52 (23)

31 (15)

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