Table 3.

The effect of the WASH intervention on adequate MHM among menstruating women living in Odisha, India July–October 2016 (N = 1045).

		Adequate MHMa
			Unadjustedb(n = 1045)		Adjustedc(n = 743)
	n event/N (%)		Odds Ratio (95% CI)	P-valued	Odds Ratio (95%CI)	P-valued
Women living in control villages		25/528 (4.7)	1 –	<0.001	1 –	<0.001
Women living in intervention villages		81/517 (15.7)	3.82 (2.25–6.50)		3.54 (1.86–6.78)

^aAdequate menstrual hygiene practices definition: Adequate frequency of absorbent change, Wash body with soap and water (frequency and type of washing only) and privacy for managing menstruation.

^bAdjusted for clustering at the pair and village level.

^cThe model was adjusted for clustering at the pair and village level, age and for variables that changed the OR by >10% in bivariate models including wealth index, female caregiver education attainment and experience of stigma (Supplementary Table 1). Sample size decreased due to missing data in the confounder variables. Data was missing because not all women responded to the HH survey as the HH survey targeted the mother or primary caregiver of the youngest child <5. Missing data were explored to investigate patterns and difference between the intervention groups using Chi square (Supplementary Table 2).

^dP-values derived from nested likelihood ratio tests.