Table 6.

Relationship between students’ marital status and type of menstrual irregularities, premenstrual symptoms, medication use, medical and family consultation and missing classes due to menstrual irregularities

Variable	Marital status			χ2	p-value
	Divorced No. (%)	Married No. (%)	Single No. (%)
Type of menstrual irregularities (N = 217)
Amenorrhea	0 (0.0)	2 (2.3)	84 (97.7)	7.93	0.094
Dysmenorrhea	2 (1.3)	3 (1.9)	149 (96.8)	7.4	0.116
Normal cycle shortened	1 (1.4)	3 (4.1)	96 (94.5)	8.44	0.077
Type pf menstrual irregularities (N = 217)
Oligomenorrhea
No	2 (1.2)	5 (3.1)	154 (95.7)	9.72	0.045
Yes	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	56 (100)
No Heavy bleed than normal bleed
No	0 (0.0)	4 (3.2)	122 (96.8)	12.65	0.013
Yes	2 (2.2)	1 (1.1)	88 (96.7)
No Normal cycle lengthened
No	0 (0.0)	2 (1.7)	116 (98.3)	10.92	0.027
Yes	2 (2)	3 (3)	94 (94.9)
Do you suffer from premenstrual symptoms? (N = 217)
No	0 (0.0)	1 (6.7)	14 (93.3)	7.82	0.098
Yes	2 (1)	4 (2)	196 (97)
Do you use medication to relieve menstrual irregularities? (N = 217)
No	0 (0.0)	4 (4.7)	82 (95.3)	13.83	0.008
Yes	2 (1.5)	1 (0.8)	128 (97.7)
Do you think that this medication is effective? (N = 131)
No	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	23 (100)	6.86	0.143
Yes	2 (1.8)	1 (0.9)	105 (97.2)
Did you seek any medical help from any clinician?
No	2 (1.3)	3 (1.9)	154 (96.9)	7.49	0.112
Yes	0 (0.0)	2 (3.4)	56 (96.6)
Did you discuss this problem with a family member or a friend?
No	0 (0.0)	1 (1.9)	51 (98.1)	6.59	0.159
Yes	2 (1.2)	4 (2.4)	159 (96.4)
Did you miss classes when you had menstrual irregularities?
No	1 (1)	5 (5.1)	93 (93.9)	16.22	0.013
Sometimes	1 (1.1)	0 (0.0)	91 (98.9)
Yes	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	26 (100)