Table 3.
Severity of self-reported menopausal symptoms by women’s socio-demographic characteristics (n=252)
| Characteristics | MRS score <16 (Not likely to require health care support) n (%) |
95% CI | MRS score ≥16 (Likely to require health care support) n (%) |
95% CI | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | |||||
| 40-49 | 86 (57.7) | 49.8, 65.6 | 63 (42.3) | 34.4, 50.2 | 149 |
| 50-59 | 42 (40.8) | 31.3, 50.3 | 61 (59.2) | 50.5, 69.4 | 103 |
| Menopausal stage | |||||
| Premenopausal | 34 (65.4) | 52.5, 78.3 | 18 (34.6) | 21.7, 47.5 | 52 |
| Perimenopausal | 34 (43.6) | 32.6, 54.6 | 44 (56.4) | 45.4, 67.4 | 78 |
| Postmenopausal | 60 (49.2) | 40.3, 58.1 | 62 (50.8) | 41.9, 59.7 | 122 |
| Ethnicity | |||||
| Brahmin/Chhetri | 60 (48.8) | 40.0, 57.6 | 63 (51.2) | 42.4, 60.1 | 123 |
| Janajatis | 62 (56.4) | 47.2, 65.7 | 48 (43.6) | 34.4, 52.9 | 110 |
| Dalit | 6 (31.6) | 10.7, 52.5 | 13 (68.4) | 47.5, 89.3 | 19 |
| Marital status | |||||
| Married and living with husband | 104 (51.7) | 44.8, 58.6 | 97 (48.3) | 41.4, 55.2 | 201 |
| Not living with husband (divorced, separated, widowed) | 24 (47.1) | 33.4, 60.8 | 27 (52.9) | 39.2, 66.6 | 51 |
| Residential location | |||||
| Rural | 76 (45.8) | 38.2, 53.4 | 90 (54.2) | 46.6, 61.8 | 166 |
| Urban | 52 (60.5) | 50.2, 70.8 | 34 (39.5) | 29.2, 49.8 | 86 |
| Educational attainment | |||||
| Illiterate | 45 (51.7) | 41.2, 62.2 | 42 (48.3) | 37.8, 58.8 | 87 |
| Literate and up to primary level completed | 60 (46.2) | 37.7, 54.8 | 70 (53.8) | 45.3, 62.4 | 130 |
| Secondary and post-secondary level qualifications | 23 (65.7) | 50.0, 81.4 | 12 (34.3) | 18.6, 50.1 | 35 |
| Occupation | |||||
| Farmer | 50 (45.0) | 35.8, 54.2 | 61 (55.0) | 45.8, 64.2 | 111 |
| Shopkeeper | 33 (62.3) | 49.3, 75.3 | 20 (37.7) | 24.7, 50.7 | 53 |
| Housewife | 23 (46.0) | 32.2, 59.8 | 27 (54.0) | 40.2, 67.8 | 50 |
| Formal job holder | 12 (66.7) | 44.9, 88.5 | 6 (33.3) | 11.5, 55.1 | 18 |
| Wage labourer and similar other | 10 (50.0) | 28.1, 71.9 | 10 (50) | 28.1, 71.9 | 20 |