Practice of Menstrual Hygiene and Associated Factors among Adolescent School 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
>13 Years	372	91.6
Mean age ± SD; 15.13 ± 1.19
Residence
Cities (submetropolitan city and municipalities)	226	55.7
Village (rural municipalities)	180	44.3
Religion
Hindu	372	91.6
Non-Hindu (Christian and Muslim)	34	8.4
Family type
Nuclear	272	67.0
Joint and extended	134	33.0
Family size
1 to 4	120	29.6
5 and above	286	70.4
Type of school
Government	205	50.5
Private	201	49.5
Education of mother
Illiterate	96	23.6
Literate	310	76.4
Education of father
Illiterate	37	9.1
Literate	369	90.9
Occupation of mother
Homemaker	193	47.5
Other than homemaker	213	52.5
Occupation of father
Agriculture	88	21.7
Other than agriculture	318	78.3