Table 4.

Misrepresentation of menstrual needs as being met among those using any menstrual pads (multi-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 = 1737)	(n = 3767)	(n = 2816)	(n = 2542)	(n = 526)	(n = 451)	(n = 997)	(n = 788)	(n = 1778)	(n = 535)	(n = 7403)	(n = 2341)
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	(95% CI)
Age
15–19	45.5	41.0	42.4	23.2	53.3	36.4	4.8	34.9	56.2	66.7	9.8	34.8	34.2 (23.1–47.2)
20–24	38.0	35.1	32.2	20.6	34.1	46.1	2.3	22.9	52.0	69.4	8.2	30.9	28.6 (17.9–42.4)
25–34	43.6	37.8	30.7	22.0	45.2	27.7	3.4	22.1	49.4	69.8	8.2	22.3	28.0 (17.7–41.2)
35+	49.3	37.9	28.8	19.8	26.3	16.6	4.7	20.9	49.3	57.9	7.1	18.6	23.2 (15.3–33.5)
Education
None	49.4	44.9	38.9	34.6	56.6	48.2	6.1	28.1	50.1	49.4	13.0	31.5	37.3 (29.5–45.9)
Primary	56.7	45.7	44.7	31.2	47.5	36.1	2.4	26.3	59.0	66.3	11.8	36.3	35.6 (23.7–49.6)
Secondary	35.4	37.0	28.8	19.8	38.2	32.3	4.3	27.4	51.8	69.1	7.5	28.0	28.0 (18.1–40.6)
Higher	19.4	18.7	11.2	4.0	19.8	13.6	3.8	22.6	43.8	46.9	3.8	15.8	14.4 (8.7–23.0)
Wealth
1 (lowest)	73.1	55.4	68.2	44.8	45.6	82.7	8.5	43.0	65.3	70.2	15.0	47.5	49.6 (34.8–64.5)
2	60.9	48.9	44.2	22.2	68.7	96.7	6.2	43.2	54.3	79.2	11.8	40.6	44.8 (28.1–62.7)
3	47.8	43.9	56.6	20.3	66.3	78.4	2.7	46.9	55.8	55.4	9.7	38.2	38.5 (23.7–55.9)
4	38.8	36.0	44.5	17.8	59.2	44.6	2.2	25.8	42.1	67.3	5.1	27.5	29.0 (17.1–44.6)
5 (highest)	24.7	17.6	23.9	6.3	32.32	26.4	2.6	19.1	50.4	63.6	3.1	15.4	18.5 (10.3–30.8)
Rurality
Urban	27.8	26.8	24.7	14.7	29.0	25.0		9.7			6.7	15.6	18.4 (13.3–25.0)
Rural	50.8	44.4	49.5	31.3	67.5	58.9		41.9			9.6	39.0	41.7 (29.9–54.6)
TOTAL	43.7	38.2	35.0	21.4	41.6	34.0	3.9	26.3	51.8	65.7	8.0	27.38	29.3 (19.0–42.2)