Table 2.
Awareness of menstruation at menarche, according to household wealth, age at menarche, and age.
| Awareness at menarche | Myanmar (n = 421) | Uganda, Soroti (n = 537) | Bangladesh (n = 1,359) | Uganda, Mukono (n = 599) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes% (n) | No% (n) | OR (95%CI) | Yes% (n) | No% (n) | OR (95%CI) | Yes% (n) | No% (n) | OR (95%CI) | Yes% (n) | No% (n) | OR (95%CI) | |
| 84.1 (354) | 15.9 (67) | 44.7 (240) | 55.3 (297) | 34.4 (468) | 65.6 (891) | 49.3 (296) | 50.5 (303) | |||||
| Age at menarche | ||||||||||||
| Continuous | 1.56 (1.19–2.06) | 1.19 (0.98–1.44) | 1.31 (1.13–1.52) | |||||||||
| 11 & younger | 83.3 (25) | 16.7 (5) | 31.6 (6) | 68.4 (13) | 31.8 (285) | 68.2 (611) | ||||||
| 12 | 75.0 (96) | 25.0 (32) | 47.3 (35) | 52.7 (39) | 39.8 (162) | 60.2 (245) | ||||||
| 13 | 85.8 (145) | 14.2 (24) | 38.0 (68) | 62.0 (111) | 38.5 (20) | 61.5 (32) | ||||||
| 14 | 95.1 (77) | 4.9 (4) | 49.0 (71) | 51.0 (74) | 50.0 (1) | 50.0 (1) | ||||||
| 15+ | 84.6 (11) | 15.4 (2) | 53.8 (43) | 46.3 (37) | 0 (0) | 100 (1) | ||||||
| Sociodemographic Characteristics | ||||||||||||
| Household poverty | ||||||||||||
| Novice nun | ||||||||||||
| Yes | 85.3 (64) | 14.7 (11) | 1.12 (0.75–1.67) | |||||||||
| No | 83.8 (290) | 16.2 (56) | 1.00 | |||||||||
| Household poverty score, mean (SD) | 0.97 (0.77) | 1.13 (0.83) | 0.77 (0.56–1.07) | 41.43 (14.55) | 42.11 (14.73) | 1.00 (0.99–1.00) | 4.08 (3.75) | 4.80 (3.87) | 0.95 (0.91–0.99) | |||
| Current age | ||||||||||||
| Continuous | 0.99 (0.97–1.01) | |||||||||||
| Highest level of education attended | ||||||||||||
| None or primary school | 31.0 (67) | 69.0 (149) | 1.00 | |||||||||
| Secondary school | 55.1 (152) | 44.9 (124) | 2.73 (1.7–4.26) | |||||||||
| Post-secondary education | 72.0 (77) | 28.0 (30) | 5.71 (2.83–11.51) | |||||||||