Table 3.

Misrepresentation of menstrual needs as being met among exclusive menstrual pad users (single-response variable), by socio-demographic characteristics.

Socio-Demo- Graphic Group	Uganda	Kenya	Ethiopia	Ghana	Burkina Faso	Niger	Lagos, Nigeria	Kaduna, Nigeria	Kinshasa, DRC	Kongo Central, DRC	Indonesia	Rajasthan	Pooled Proportion
	(n = 1415)	(n = 3359)	(n = 2533)	(n = 23,356)	(n = 446)	(n = 403)	(n = 871)	(n = 595)	(n = 1624)	(n = 367)	(n = 7143)	(n = 1840)
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	(95% CI)
Age
15–19	40.8	38.8	37.2	21.0	46.7	34.9	4.3	29.4	50.9	62.4	9.6	31.6	26.5 (15.2–42.1)
20–24	34.3	33.4	29.0	19.6	31.8	45.6	2.1	22.2	46.6	72.1	7.8	27.5	27.2 (17.2–40.3)
25–34	38.9	34.4	28.5	19.7	41.8	26.3	2.8	16.6	43.6	70.4	8.1	19.2	25.0 (15.4–37.9)
35+	46.0	34.3	26.7	17.4	18.0	16.2	4.4	17.0	47.0	49.8	6.5	11.7	20.8 (13.3–31.2)
Education
None	49.5	40.6	43.4	31.1	57.8	47.9	0.0	25.4	54.7	49.7	13.0	29.7	35.6 (26.7–45.5)
Primary	51.9	42.3	40.6	29.0	38.7	37.6	3.0	13.6	49.2	65.0	11.1	32.6	31.4 (20.9–44.2)
Secondary	32.2	34.7	25.5	18.2	31.9	31.5	4.1	24.8	48.0	65.3	7.4	24.6	25.6 (16.7–37.1)
Higher	17.2	17.9	9.6	3.1	19.4	9.9	2.9	18.3	40.4	50.9	3.5	13.2	12.8 (7.4–21.3)
Wealth
1 (lowest)	71.3	53.0	62.5	41.3	21.0	100	8.5	31.0	61.0	65.5	14.6	50.6	45.9 (29.2–63.6)
2	56.1	45.3	41.2	20.8	66.1	96.7	6.0	29.4	51.2	89.7	11.3	40.6	43.6 (25.6–63.5)
3	42.3	41.0	52.8	18.0	58.5	77.1	2.1	34.3	49.5	60.8	9.4	34.6	35.3 (21.0–5.29)
4	33.6	33.4	43.6	16.3	62.4	42.4	1.1	21.0	38.9	67.8	4.9	22.2	26.2 (14.3–42.9)
5 (highest)	24.1	16.9	21.9	6.1	20.5	25.6	2.6	19.6	44.7	58.3	3.1	14.2	16.8 (9.7–27.5)
Rurality
Urban	25.7	25.9	22.6	13.4	26.7	22.7		9.3			6.7	13.4	17.1 (12.4–23.0)
Rural	46.1	40.9	46.9	28.3	62.3	58.9		37.7			9	35.8	38.5 (27.3–51.1)
TOTAL	39.2	35.4	31.4	19.4	36.5	33.2	3.5	21.9	47.0	63.3	7.7	18.8	26.4 (17.1–38.5)