Table 5.
Unadjusted associations of socio-cultural practices while menstruating with ethnicity, education, marital status and family type
| Attends school or usual work OR (95% CI) |
Eats with family OR (95% CI) |
Cooks food OR (95% CI) |
Purifies bed OR (95% CI) |
Enters places of worship OR (95% CI) |
Prays OR (95% CI) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ethnicity | ||||||
| Brahmin | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference |
| Chettri | 0.97 (0.63–1.49) | 1.25 (0.90–1.75) | 1.34 (0.94–1.89) | 0.79 (0.55–1.15) | 1.02 (0.55–1.88) | 1.36 (0.84–2.21) |
| Janajati | 0.75 (0.53–1.08) | 3.91 (2.88–5.30) | 4.47 (3.31–6.05) | 0.59 (0.43–0.81) | 1.74 (1.06–2.86) | 1.79 (1.18–2.71) |
| Other | 0.71 (0.41–1.23) | 2.99 (1.80–4.98) | 3.84 (2.39–6.18) | 0.43 (0.27–0.68) | 1.38 (0.64–2.98) | 1.53 (0.82–2.87) |
| Marital Status | ||||||
| Ever Married | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference |
| Never Married | 2.08 (1.59–2.71) | 0.81 (0.64–1.03) | 0.75 (0.61–0.94) | 0.52 (0.41–0.66) | 2.07 (1.40–3.05) | 1.85 (1.36–2.52) |
| Highest Education | ||||||
| < High School | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference |
| HS/ trade/ vocational degree | 1.81 (1.33–2.46) | 1.02 (0.77–1.34) | 0.88 (0.68–1.14) | 0.81 (0.62–1.06) | 1.57 (1.03–2.39) | 1.51 (1.05–2.16) |
| Bachelors | 2.13 (1.49–3.06) | 0.83 (0.61–1.12) | 0.67 (0.50–0.89) | 0.84 (0.62–1.14) | 1.26 (0.78–2.03) | 1.65 (1.12–2.43) |
| Masters | 2.36 (1.21–4.60) | 0.75 (0.45–1.25) | 0.57 (0.35–0.93) | 0.93 (0.55–1.55) | 1.45 (0.68–3.12) | 2.83 (1.61–4.96) |
| Family Type | ||||||
| Nuclear | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference |
| Joint | 0.51 (0.39–0.67) | 0.65 (0.51–0.83) | 0.75 (0.60–0.94) | 0.98 (0.77–1.24) | 0.88 (0.60–1.29) | 0.76 (0.56–1.05) |
Notes: OR (95% CI) Odds Ratio (95% Confidence Interval); Bold: p-value < 0.05