Table 2 Knowledge of the participants on puberty and menarche
Questions | responses | URBAN n = 570 | RURAL n = 587 | Total, n = 1157 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Frequency | Percent (%) | Frequency | Percent (%) | Frequency | Percent (%) | ||
What do you understand by Puberty? | Period of transition from childhood to adulthood | 521 | 91.40 | 545 | 92.80 | 1066 | 92.13 |
A period I can get pregnant | 39 | 6.80 | 35 | 6.00 | 74 | 6.40 | |
A time that I am fit for marriage | 10 | 1.80 | 7 | 1.20 | 17 | 1.47 | |
At what age should a woman start menstruating? | Less than 9 years | 159 | 27.89 | 107 | 18.20 | 266 | 22.99 |
9- 16 years | 360 | 63.16 | 473 | 80.60 | 833 | 71.99 | |
greater than 16 years | 51 | 8.94 | 7 | 1.20 | 58 | 5.01 | |