Table 1.
Key questionnaire results
| Focus | Statement/ Question | Responses (n) | No. of participants that responded to question | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| True | False | Don't know | |||
| Socio-economic characteristics of respondents | Over the past year have you or your family ever gone without enough food to eat? | 82 | 52 | N/A | 140 |
| Over the past year have you or your family ever gone without enough clean water for home use? | 66 | 74 | N/A | 140 | |
| Over the past year have you or your family ever gone without medicine or medical treatment? | 100 | 39 | N/A | 139 | |
| Over the past year have you or your family ever gone without enough fuel to cook your food? | 74 | 66 | N/A | 140 | |
| Over the past year have you or your family ever gone without school expenses for fees, uniforms or books? | 109 | 31 | N/A | 140 | |
| Over the past year have you or your family ever gone without a cash income? | 99 | 40 | N/A | 139 | |
| Knowledge about menstruation | Menstruation is a disease | 49 | 86 | N/A | 135 |
| Pregnant women menstruate | 31 | 104 | N/A | 135 | |
| Menstrual blood comes from the stomach where food is digested | 37 | 96 | N/A | 133 | |
| Menstrual blood comes from the womb | 116 | 20 | N/A | 136 | |
| Menstrual blood contains harmful substances | 83 | 50 | N/A | 133 | |
| Pain during menstruation means that someone is unhealthy | 66 | 68 | N/A | 134 | |
| It is harmful for a woman's body if she runs or dances during her period | 66 | 69 | N/A | 135 | |
| Reasons reported for menstrual-related absenteeism | Fear of staining my clothes | 82 | 56 | N/A | 138 |
| Afraid of others making fun of me | 64 | 73 | N/A | 137 | |
| Menstruation can cause pain | 71 | 67 | N/A | 138 | |
| Menstruation can cause discomfort from bloating or tiredness | 75 | 61 | N/A | 136 | |
| There isn't anywhere private for girls to wash and change at school | 88 | 50 | N/A | 138 | |
| There is nowhere to dispose of sanitary products in school | 60 | 78 | N/A | 138 | |
| I do not have sanitary pads | 63 | 75 | N/A | 138 | |
| Access to disposable sanitary pads | Have you bought disposable sanitary pads from the shop in the last 6 months? | 50 | 85 | 0 | 135 |
| Have you ever wanted to buy disposable sanitary pads from a shop but been unable to? | 122 | 17 | 0 | 139 | |
| I do not have enough money to buy disposable sanitary pads from a shop | 85 | 39 | 14 | 138 | |
| There are no disposable sanitary pads in the shop | 47 | 62 | 27 | 136 | |