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

Table 4

Factors associated with menstrual hygiene management practices of secondary school girls in East Hararghe Zone, Ethiopia, 2017.

Variables	MHM practice		COR (95% CI)	value	AOR (95% CI)	value
	Good	Poor
Age
≤16 years	148 (54.2)	125 (45.8)	1		1
>16 years	244 (61.2)	155 (38.8)	1.33 (0.97–1.82)	0.073	1.33 (0.94–1.89)	0.104
Students live with
Parents	267 (57.2)	200 (42.8)	1		1
Peers	78 (70.9)	32 (29.1)	1.83 (1.16–2.87)	0.009	1.64 (1.00–2.69)	0.050
Relatives	26 (44.1)	33 (55.9)	0.59 (0.34–1.02)	0.058	0.57 (0.32–1.03)	0.062
Alone	21 (58.3)	15 (41.7)	1.05 (0.53–2.09)	0.892	1.56 (0.71–3.42)	0.272
Residence
Rural	205 (48.5)	218 (51.5)	1		1
Urban	187 (75.1)	62 (24.9)	3.21(2.27–4.53)	0.001	2.59 (1.77–3.80)	0.001
School grade
9	210 (56.3)	163 (43.7)	1		1
10	182 (60.9)	117 (39.1)	1.27 (0.93–1.73)	0.132	1.27 (0.90–1.79)	0.178
Mother’s educational status
No formal education	174 (50.7)	169 (49.3)	1		1
Primary	128 (61.2)	81 (38.8)	1.54 (1.08–2.18)	0.016	0.98 (0.57–1.70)	0.954
Secondary and above	90 (75.0)	30 (25.0)	2.91 (1.83–4.63)	0.001	1.83 (1.01–3.30)	0.043
Father’s educational status
No formal education	156 (50.6)	152 (49.4)	1		1
Primary	136 (63.6)	78 (36.4)	1.70 (1.19–2.43)	0.004	1.12 (0.68–1.83)	0.669
Secondary and above	100 (66.7)	50 (33.3)	1.95 (1.30–2.93)	0.001	1.39 (0.76–2.56)	0.290
Knowledge status
Poor	26 (33.3)	52 (66.7)	1		1
Moderate	77 (57.5)	57 (42.5)	2.70 (1.51–4.84)	0.001	2.78 (1.64–5.28)	0.002
Good	289 (62.8)	171 (37.2)	3.38 (2.04–5.61)	0.001	3.87 (2.21–6.77)	0.001

COR, crude odds ratio; AOR, adjusted odds ratio; CI, confidence interval. value < 0.001.