Menstrual Hygiene Management Practices and Associated Factors among Secondary School Girls in East Hararghe Zone, Eastern Ethiopia

Table 3

Menstrual hygiene management practices of secondary school girls in East Hararghe Zone, Ethiopia, 2017 (n = 672).

Practice-related questions		Frequency	Percentage
Used absorbent materials during menstruation		614	91.4
Uses commercial disposable sanitary pads		444	66.1
Changes pads or cloths more than three times a day during menstruation		379	56.4
Cleans reusable clothes with soap and water		93	54.7
Dry reusable clothes in the sunlight		43	25.3
Disposes pads by wrapping with paper		126	18.8
Takes bath daily with soap during menstruation		321	47.8
Cleans external genitalia during menstruation		646	96.1
Cleans external genitalia with water and soap during menstruation		459	68.3
Disposes used sanitary pads in dustbins		492	73.2
Overall menstrual hygiene practices	Poor	280	41.7
	Good	392	58.3