Table 3.
Effect of menstruation on school experience
| Maharashtra |
Chhattisgarh |
Tamil Nadu |
All 3 states | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Regular school, n (%) |
Model school, n (%) |
Regular school, n (%) |
Model school, n (%) |
Regular school
n (%) |
Model school
n (%) |
Total |
|
| N = 664 |
N = 173 |
N = 691 |
N = 236 |
N = 717 |
N = 83 |
N = 2564 |
|
|
Go to school during period:* | |||||||
| Yes |
587 (88.4) |
162 (93.6) |
520 (75.3) |
206 (87.3) |
684 (95.4) |
82 (98.8) |
2241 (87.4) |
| No |
67 (10.1) |
7 (4.1) |
143 (20.7) |
23 (9.8) |
25 (3.5) |
0 |
265 (10.3) |
| No response |
10 (1.5) |
4 (2.3) |
28 (4.1) |
7 (3.0) |
8 (1.1) |
1 (1.2) |
58 (2.3) |
|
Concentration problems at school during menstruation:† | |||||||
| Yes |
336 (50.6) |
68 (39.3) |
343 (49.6) |
107 (45.3) |
263 (36.7) |
24 (28.9) |
1141 (44.5) |
| No |
316 (47.6) |
97 (56.1) |
333 (48.2) |
125 (53.0) |
445 (62.1) |
59 (71.1) |
1374 (53.6) |
| No response |
12 (1.8) |
8 (4.6) |
15 (2.2) |
4 (1.7) |
9 (1.3) |
0 (0.0) |
48 (1.9) |
|
Do you have other problems when attending school during menstruation?‡ | |||||||
| Yes |
439 (66.1) |
119 (68.8) |
477 (69.0) |
109 (46.2) |
279 (38.9) |
15 (18.1) |
1438 (56.1) |
| No |
217 (32.7) |
40 (23.1) |
176 (25.5) |
107 (45.3) |
431 (60.1) |
68 (81.9) |
1039 (40.5) |
| No response |
8 (1.2) |
14 (8.1) |
38 (5.5) |
20 (8.5) |
7 (1.0) |
0 (0.0) |
87 (3.4) |
|
Specification of some problems when attending school during menstruation: | |||||||
| Pain during menstruation§ |
242 (36.5) |
69 (40.0) |
209 (44.7) |
69 (29.2) |
228 (31.8) |
13 (15.7) |
930 (36.3) |
| Fear of stains, smell, loss of item‖ |
152 (23.0) |
25 (14.5) |
125 (18.1) |
25 (10.6) |
60 (8.4) |
2 (2.4) |
389 (15.2) |
| Feeling tired, dizzy, weak, unwell¶ |
127 (19.1) |
38 (22.0) |
57 (8.3) |
18 (7.6) |
46 (6.4) |
7 (8.4) |
293 (11.4) |
| Discomfort when moving or sitting¶ | 24 (3.6) | 3 (1.7) | 54 (7.8) | 23 (9.8) | 18 (2.5) | 2 (2.4) | 124 (4.8) |
*P < 0.05 comparing by state, model schools vs regular schools, and in Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh model vs regular school.
†P < 0.05 comparing by state, and in Maharashtra model vs regular school.
‡P < 0.05 comparing by state, model schools vs regular schools, and within states model schools vs regular schools.
§P < 0.05 comparing by state, model schools vs regular schools, and in Chhattisgarh and Tamil Nadu model vs regular school.
‖P < .05 comparing by state, model schools vs regular schools, and in Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh model vs regular school.
¶P < 0.05 comparing by state.