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Table 3 Type of absorbent used by Juang women during menstruation by background characteristics

From: Menstrual health and hygiene among Juang women: a particularly vulnerable tribal group in Odisha, India

Background characteristics

Type of absorbent (%)

p values

Sanitary napkin

Clothes

Nothing

Age group

   

p = 0.137

15–24 years

7.5

89.4

3.1

 

25–29 years

9.8

84.8

5.4

 

 ≥ 30 years

11.4

78.4

10.2

 

Education

   

p < 0.001

Illiterate

19.0

80.2

0.8

 

Literate

4.2

87.9

8.0

 

Working status

   

p = 0.072

Not working

6.6

88.7

4.7

 

Working

12.9

80.3

6.8

 

Type of family

   

p < 0.001

Nuclear

7.6

86.7

5.7

 

Joint

20.0

75.6

4.4

 

Usage of tobacco

   

p < 0.001

No

3.8

90.4

5.7

 

Yes

16.6

78.2

5.3

 

Consumption of alcohol

   

p < 0.001

No

4.2

87.4

8.4

 

Yes

16.4

82.2

1.4

 

Media exposure

   

p = 0.001

No exposure

4.9

88.4

6.7

 

Any exposure

16.4

80.6

3.0

 

Type of toilet facility

   

p < 0.001

Pit latrine

18.2

76.0

5.8

 

Open defecation

4.6

90.0

5.4

 

Type of house

   

p = 0.053

Kachha

6.0

87.0

6.9

 

Semi-pucca

12.7

81.7

5.6

 

Pucca

15.1

83.6

1.4

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