Research Article
Level and Associated Factors of Knowledge regarding Menstrual Hygiene among School-Going Adolescent Girls in Dang District, Nepal
Table 1
Distribution of background related characteristics of study population.
| General characteristics | Frequency (n = 406) | Percentage |
| Age | 10–13 years | 34 | 8.4 | 14–16 years | 328 | 80.8 | 17–19 years | 44 | 10.8 | Mean age ± SD; 15.13 ± 1.19 |
| Residence | Urban (submetropolitan city and municipalities) | 226 | 55.7 | Rural (rural municipalities) | 180 | 44.3 |
| Religion | Hindu | 372 | 91.6 | Non-Hindu (Christian and Muslim) | 34 | 8.4 |
| Family size | 1 to 4 | 120 | 29.6 | 5 and above | 286 | 70.4 | Mean family members ± SD; 5.58 ± 1.81 |
| Type of school | Government | 205 | 50.5 | Private | 201 | 49.5 |
| Education of mother | Illiterate | 96 | 23.6 | Read and write | 65 | 16.0 | Primary (1–5) | 65 | 16.0 | Secondary (6–10) | 101 | 24.9 | SLC and intermediate | 58 | 14.3 | Bachelor and above | 21 | 5.2 |
| Occupation of mother | Homemaker | 193 | 47.5 | Agriculture | 72 | 17.7 | Business | 74 | 18.2 | Government and private | 28 | 6.9 | Wage labor | 39 | 9.6 |
| Occupation of father | Agriculture | 88 | 21.7 | Small-scale business | 112 | 27.6 | Service (government and private) | 46 | 11.3 | Wage labor | 52 | 12.8 | Foreign labor | 108 | 26.6 |
| Earning status in family | — | — | Yes | 358 | 88.2 |
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