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