Table 2. Odds ratio for girls and women using different methods for menstrual protection.
| Variables | Ordinal Logit Regression | Logit Regression | |
|---|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | (3) | |
| Cloth | Period Products | Period Products | |
| Individual Variables | |||
| Age at Menarche | |||
| Less than 12® | |||
| 12 to 15 years | -0.0065** | -0.0076** | 1.04** |
| 15 years or older | -0.0100** | -0.0174** | 1.11*** |
| Education Level of Respondents | |||
| No Education® | |||
| Primary | -0.0412*** | 0.0422*** | 1.25*** |
| Secondary | -0.1772*** | 0.1806*** | 2.61*** |
| Higher | -0.2635*** | 0.2681*** | 4.91*** |
| Marriage | |||
| Single ® | |||
| Married | 0.0225*** | -0.0228*** | 0.82** |
| Other | 0.0786*** | -0.0798*** | 0.63*** |
| Mass media Exposure | |||
| None® | |||
| Partial | -0.0866*** | 0.0880*** | 1.65*** |
| Full | -0.1173*** | 0.1192*** | 1.92*** |
| Household Variables | |||
| Wealth Index | |||
| Poorest ® | |||
| Middle | -0.0959*** | 0.0975*** | 1.62*** |
| Richest | -0.1585*** | 0.1609*** | 2.61*** |
| Water and Sanitation Facility | |||
| Unhygienic® | |||
| Hygienic | -0.0297*** | 0.0302*** | 1.09*** |
| Social Category | |||
| General® | |||
| Scheduled Caste | 0.0161*** | -0.0163*** | 0.85*** |
| Scheduled Tribe | 0.0584*** | -0.0592*** | 0.74*** |
| Other Backward Classes | 0.0304*** | -0.0309*** | 0.86*** |
| Others | 0.0788*** | -0.801*** | 0.58*** |
| Religion | |||
| Hindu® | |||
| Muslim | 0.0419*** | -0.0425*** | 0.83*** |
| Others | -0.0657*** | 0.0667*** | 1.21*** |
| Place of Residence | |||
| Urban® | |||
| Rural | 0.0577*** | -0.0586*** | 0.71*** |
| Observations | 228,796 | 228,796 | 228,796 |
Col (1)-(2) displays the marginal effects from the ordinal logit regression of using cloth and modern period products, respectively, as compared to nothing/others. Col (3) displays the odds ratio from the binary logit regression from using the period products as compared to those using unhygienic ways of managing menstrual needs, including clothes, nothing, and others (Anand et al., 2015). ® denotes the reference category.