Table 2 Characteristics of adolescent girls and young women aged 15–24 visiting the Yathu Yathu hubs and accessing pads before and after COVID19-related hub closures, September 2019-January 2021

Overall

6374

3910

2344 (60.0)

Age group

 15–17

2385 (37.4)

1736 (44.4)

1005 (57.9)

1.0

1.0

 18–19

1434 (22.5)

893 (22.8)

575 (64.4)

1.34 (1.13, 1.59)

1.34 (1.13, 1.59)

 20–24

2555 (40.1)

1281 (32.8)

764 (59.6)

1.07 (0.92, 1.25)

1.07 (0.92, 1.25)

Educational attainment^a

None or some/complete primary

1531 (24.0)

999 (25.6)

552 (55.3)

1.0

1.0

Some/completed secondary

4843 (76.0)

2911 (74.5)

1792 (61.6)

1.21 (1.04, 1.41)

1.14 (0.98, 1.33)

Marital^b

Single/Never married

4991 (78.3)

3268 (83.6)

1997 (61.1)

1.0

1.0

Married/Cohabiting

1383 (21.7)

642 (16.4)

347 (54.1)

0.75 (0.63, 0.90)

0.68 (0.56, 0.84)

Characteristics of AGYW visiting hubs & accessing pads after the hub closures

Number of AGYW (column %)

Number (row %) of AGYW collecting pads

Crude OR

Adjusted OR + 

p-value

Overall

5695

2783 (48.9)

Age group

15–17

2153 (37.8)

1218 (56.6)

1.0

1.0

 < 0.001

18–19

1281 (22.5)

609 (47.5)

0.68 (0.59, 0.78)

0.68 (0.59, 0.78)

20–24

2261 (39.7)

956 (42.3)

0.55 (0.49, 0.62)

0.55 (0.49, 0.62)

Educational attainment^a

 None or some/complete primary

1338 (23.5)

665 (49.7)

1.0

1.0

0.15

 Some/completed secondary

4357 (76.5)

2118 (48.6)

1.00 (0.88, 1.13)

1.10 (0.97, 1.25)

Marital

 Single/Never married

4477 (78.6)

2300 (51.4)

1.0

1.0

 < 0.001

 Married/Cohabiting

1218 (21.4)

483 (39.7)

0.61 (0.53, 0.69)

0.77 (0.66, 0.89)

Visited hub before COVID-19 related closures

 No

2464 (43.3)

1174 (47.7)

1.0

1.0

0.08

 Yes

3231 (56.7)

1609 (49.8)

1.05 (0.95, 1.18)

0.90 (0.81, 1.01)

Collected pads during visit before COVID-19 related closures (N = 3231)^a

 No

1150 (35.6)

520 (45.2)

1.0

1.0

 < 0.001

 Yes

2081 (64.4)

1089 (52.3)

1.33 (1.15, 1.54)

1.37 (1.18, 1.59)