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Table 3 Characteristics of adolescent girls and young women aged 15-24 visiting the Yathu Yathu hubs for a reward and collected reward pads before and after COVID19-related hub closures, September 2019-January 2021

From: Access to menstrual hygiene products through incentivised, community-based, peer-led sexual and reproductive health services before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: findings from the Yathu Yathu trial

AGYW visiting hubs for a reward and pads collected as rewards before hub closures

 

Number (column %) of AGYW visiting hubs for a reward

Number (row %) of AGYW collecting reward pads

Crude OR

Adjusted OR

p-value

Overall

2713

464 (17.1)

   

Age group

 15-17

1258 (46.4)

205 (16.3)

1.0

1.0

0.03

 18-19

621 (22.9)

129 (20.8)

1.35 (1.06, 1.73)

1.35 (1.06, 1.73)

 

 20-24

834 (30.7)

130 (15.6)

0.97 (0.76, 1.24)

0.97 (0.76, 1.24)

 

Educational attainmenta

 None or some/complete primary

676 (24.9)

83 (12.3)

1.0

1.0

0.002

 Some/completed secondary

2037 (75.1)

381 (18.7)

1.59 (1.22, 2.05)

1.53 (1.17, 2.00)

 

Maritalb

 Single/Never married

2313 (85.3)

418 (18.1)

1.0

1.0

0.004

 Married/Cohabiting

400 (14.7)

46 (11.5)

0.60 (0.43, 0.83)

0.58 (0.40, 0.84)

 

AGYW visiting hubs for a reward and pads collected as rewards after hubclosures

 

Number (column %) of AGYW visiting hubs for a reward

Number (row %) of AGYW collecting reward pads

Crude OR

Adjusted OR

p-value

Overall

4252

2010 (47.3)

   

Age group

 15-17

1619 (38.1)

782 (48.3)

1.0

1.0

0.27

 18-19

956 (22.5)

468 (49.0)

1.01 (0.86, 1.19)

1.01 (0.86, 1.19)

 

 20-24

1677 (39.4)

760 (45.3)

0.91 (0.79, 1.04)

0.91 (0.79, 1.04)

 

Educational attainmenta

 None or some/complete primary

996 (23.4)

440 (44.2)

1.0

1.0

0.28

 Some/completed secondary

3256 (76.6)

1570 (48.2)

1.10 (0.95, 1.27)

1.09 (0.94, 1.26)

 

Marital

 Single/Never married

3345 (78.7)

1641 (49.1)

1.0

1.0

<0.001

 Married/Cohabiting

907 (21.3)

369 (40.7)

0.71 (0.61, 0.83)

0.69 (0.58, 0.83)

 

Visited hub for rewards before COVID-19 related closures

 No

2670 (62.8)

1247 (46.7)

1.0

1.0

0.18

 Yes

1582 (37.2)

763 (48.2)

1.14 (1.00, 1.30)

1.10 (0.96, 1.26)

 

Collected MHP during reward visit before COVID-19 related closures (N=1582)a

 No

1247 (78.8)

565 (45.3)

1.0

1.0

<0.001

 Yes

335 (21.2)

198 (59.1)

1.68 (1.31, 2.17)

1.63 (1.27, 2.11)

 
  1. AGYW Adolescent girls and young women aged 15-24, OR Odds ratio, 95%CI 95% Confidence interval
  2. All models account for clustering by enumeration zone, with adjusted models all adjusted for age
  3. aFurther adjusted for marital status
  4. bFurther adjusted for educational attainment