Table 4.

OLS, Spatial Lag, and Error Model to assess the association between unhygienic method of menstrual practice and selected covariates, NFHS-5

Variables	OLS	S.E	SLM	S.E	SEM	S.E
15–19 years	0.325***	0.086	0.104	0.060	0.037	0.060
Rural	0.073***	0.021	0.073***	0.015	0.086***	0.017
SC/ST	0.050**	0.019	-0.024	0.013	-0.068***	0.018
Muslim	-0.05**	0.023	0.069***	0.016	0.094***	0.025
Illiterate	0.488***	0.073	0.328***	0.052	0.487***	0.065
Poorest	0.362***	0.030	0.160***	0.023	0.311***	0.030
No toilet facility	0.096**	0.033	0.053*	0.023	0.112***	0.033
No media exposure	0.064	0.335	-0.003	0.023	-0.007	0.032
N	707		707		707
Rho			0.649***
λ					0.813***
Akaike info criteria	5194.55		4767.42		4679.50
R2	0.604		0.805		0.841

*, **, *** refers to < 0.05, < 0.01 and < 0.001 level of significance