Prevalence of Anemia and Associated Factors among Secondary School Adolescent Girls in Jimma Town, Oromia Regional State, Southwest Ethiopia

Table 2

Health-related characteristics of the study participants among adolescent high school girls in Jimma town, Oromia, southwest Ethiopia.

Variables	Category	Frequency	Percent
Status of menarche	Attained	519	98.3
	Not attained	9	1.7
Age at the onset of menarche (N = 519)	≤14	412	79.4
	>14	107	20.6
Duration of menses in each cycle (N = 519)	≤5 days	452	87.1
	>5 days	67	12.9
Frequency of changed pad/day (N = 519)	≤3 times	427	82.3
	>3 times	92	17.7
Had menstruation currently (N = 519)	Yes	57	10.7
	No	462	89.3
History of malaria (N = 528)	Yes	51	9.7
	No	477	90.3
History of worm infestation (N = 528)	Yes	92	17.4
	No	436	82.6
Taking deworm medicine (N = 528)	Yes	83	15.7
	No	445	84.3