Table 4.
Facilitators by schools of menstrual hygiene management
| 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 |
|
|
Are there enough toilets to deal with menstruation in the school?‡ | |||||||
| Yes |
220 (33.1) |
104 (60.1) |
268 (38.8) |
94 (39.8) |
494 (68.9) |
82 (98.8) |
1262 (49.2) |
| No |
399 (60.1) |
54 (31.2) |
376 (54.4) |
128 (54.2) |
214 (29.9) |
1 (1.2) |
1172 (45.7) |
| No answer |
45 (6.8) |
15 (8.7) |
47 (6.8) |
14 (5.9) |
9 (1.3) |
0 |
130 (5.1) |
|
Toilets for girls:§ | |||||||
| For female staff & girls |
166 (25.0) |
34 (19.7) |
79 (11.4) |
95 (40.3) |
195 (27.2) |
29 (34.9) |
598 (23.2) |
| For girls only |
123 (18.5) |
47 (27.2) |
183 (26.5) |
90 (38.1) |
441 (61.5) |
50 (60.2) |
934 (36.5) |
| For boys and girls |
188 (28.3) |
61 (35.3) |
242 (35.0) |
5 (2.1) |
62 (8.7) |
4 (4.8) |
562 (21.9) |
| For all staff & students |
154 (23.2) |
15 (9.7) |
108 (15.6) |
35 (14.8) |
11 (1.5) |
0 |
323 (12.6) |
| No response |
33 (5.0) |
16 (9.3) |
79 (11.4) |
11 (4.7) |
8 (1.1) |
0 |
147 (5.7) |
|
When can you use the toilet?‖ | |||||||
| Any time |
215 (32.4) |
41 (23.7) |
323 (46.7) |
125 (53.0) |
175 (24.4) |
22 (26.5) |
901 (35.1) |
| Only during breaks |
395 (59.5) |
115 (66.5) |
213 (30.8) |
75 (31.8) |
527 (73.5) |
60 (72.3) |
1385 (54.0) |
| Other responses* |
30 (4.5) |
2 (1.2) |
38 (5.5) |
4 (1.7) |
11 (1.5) |
1 (1.2) |
86 (3.4) |
| No response |
24 (3.6) |
15 (8.7) |
117 (16.9) |
32 (13.6) |
4 (0.6) |
0 |
192 (7.5) |
|
Is there enough time in breaks for change of menstrual item?‖ | |||||||
| Yes |
307 (46.2) |
132 (76.3) |
301 (43.6) |
147 (62.3) |
532 (74.2) |
80 (96.4) |
1499 (58.5) |
| No |
343 (51.7) |
30 (17.3) |
342 (49.5) |
84 (35.6) |
175 (24.4) |
3 (3.6) |
977 (38.1) |
| No response |
14 (2.1) |
11 (6.4) |
48 (6.9) |
5 (2.1) |
10 (1.4) |
0 |
89 (3.4) |
|
Are you allowed to leave class if leaking?¶ | |||||||
| Yes |
354 (53.3) |
133 (76.9) |
367 (53.1) |
162 (68.6) |
593 (82.7) |
77 (92.8) |
1686 (65.8) |
| No |
295 (44.4) |
34 (19.7) |
266 (38.5) |
64 (27.1) |
114 (15.9) |
6 (7.2) |
779 (30.4) |
| No response |
15 (2.3) |
6 (3.5) |
58 (8.4) |
10 (4.2) |
10 (1.4) |
0 |
99 (3.9) |
|
Can you wash yourself in school when leaking?‡ | |||||||
| Can always wash in school |
230 (34.6) |
131 (75.7) |
317 (45.9) |
114 (48.3) |
443 (61.8) |
72 (86.8) |
1307 (51.0) |
| Can sometimes wash |
47 (7.1) |
12 (6.9) |
113 (16.4) |
50 (21.2) |
209 (29.2) |
11 (13.3) |
442 (17.2) |
| Can never wash in school |
375 (56.5) |
18 (10.4) |
219 (31.7) |
60 (25.4) |
48 (6.7) |
0 |
720 (28.1) |
| No response | 12 (1.8) | 12 (6.9) | 42 (6.1) | 12 (5.1) | 17 (2.4) | 0 | 95 (3.7) |
*Other included responses such as queuing before toilet, toilet unusable, no toilet present, go home for change
‡P < 0.05 for comparison by state, model vs regular school, and Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu model vs regular school.
§P < 0.05 for comparison by state, model vs regular school, and Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh model vs regular school.
‖P < .05 for comparison by state, model vs regular school, and Maharashtra model vs regular school.
¶P < 0.05 for comparison by state, model vs regular school overall and within states.