Table 1.
Variables | Boys: period prevalence % (95% CI) | ||
Pohnpei n = 712 | Tonga n = 502 | Vanuatu n = 1576 | |
Father | 26 (18–35) | 15 (12–18) | 10 (8 -11) |
Mother | 23 (15–31) | 12 (7 -16) | 6 (5 -8) |
Teacher(s) | 13 (9–16) | 14 (11–17) | 7 (5 -9) |
Police | 13 (10–15) | 11 (8 -14) | 5 (3 -6) |
Boyfriend/Girlfriend | 31 (25–37) | 27 (22–32) | 12 (10–13) |
Other person | 38 (35–41) | 41 (36–46) | 21 (18–24) |
Any above | 62 (53–72) | 58 (52–65) | 33 (30–36) |
Girls: period prevalence % (95% CI) | |||
Pohnpei n = 763 | Tonga n = 668 | Vanuatu n = 1478 | |
Father | 24 (21–26) | 10 (7 -14) | 10 (8 -11) |
Mother | 39 (33–44) | 11 (9 -14) | 10 (7 -12) |
Teacher(s) | 7 (6 -8) | 10 (7 -12) | 5 (3 -7) |
Police | 4 (3 -4) | 4 (3 -6) | 2 (2 -3) |
Boyfriend/Girlfriend | 24 (22–27) | 18 (15–22) | 8 (6 -10) |
Other person | 22 (20–23) | 24 (20–28) | 10 (9 -12) |
Any above | 56 (52–60) | 41 (35–46) | 24 (21–27) |
n = number with non-missing value of any of the category.
95% CI adjusted for clustering effect by school and corrected for finite population sampling.