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Table 4 Menstrual problems during last six months preceding the survey among Juang women by background characteristics

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

Background characteristics

Menstrual problems (%)

p values

Age group

 

p = 0.233

15–24 years

66.3

 

25–29 years

72.3

 

 ≥ 30 years

76.1

 

Education

 

p < 0.001

Illiterate

56.9

 

Literate

97.5

 

Working status

 

p < 0.001

Not working

67.1

 

Working

75.5

 

Type of family

 

p = 0.001

Nuclear

68.7

 

Joint family

85.4

 

Usage of tobacco

 

p < 0.001

No

60.3

 

Yes

84.8

 

Consumption of alcohol

 

p < 0.001

No

54.7

 

Yes

93.8

 

Media exposure

 

p < 0.001

No

64.3

 

Yes

81.3

 

Type of toilet facility

 

p < 0.001

Pit latrine

89.3

 

Open defecation

61.1

 

Type of house

 

p < 0.001

Kachha

69.0

 

Semi-pucca

70.4

 

Pucca

75.3

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