Research Article
Menopausal Symptoms and Its Correlates: A Study on Tribe and Caste Population of East India
Table 1
Socio demographic variables, menstrual and reproductive history.
| | | Tribe () | Caste () | value |
| | Mean age of participants at the time of interview (years) | 49.09 ± 4.7 | 48.85 ± 4.2 | 0.052 | | Years of education | | | NA | | 0 | 163 (94.6) | 66 (46.8) | | | 1–4 | 5 (3.0) | 13 (9.2) | | | 5–8 | 3 (1.8) | 37 (26.2) | | | 9-10 | 1 (0.6) | 18 (12.8) | | | ≥11 | 0 (0.0) | 7 (5.0) | | | Working status | | | 0.097 | | Nonworking | 50 (29.1) | 110 (78.0) | | | Working | 122 (70.9) | 31 (22.0) | | | Mean per capita monthly household expenditure (in Indian rupees) | 998.35 ± 22.2 | 1080.96 ± 27.8 | 0.001 | | Use of tobacco (at least once in a week) | 122 (70.9) | 28 (19.9) | 0.001 | | Consumption of black tea (at least once in a week) | 145 (84.3) | 120 (85.1) | 0.844 | | Consumption of alcohol (at least once in a week) | 13 (7.6) | 0 (0.0) | NA | | Mean age at menarche (years) | 13.94 ± 1.4 | 14.10 ± 1.6 | 0.443 | | History of menstrual regularity | 169 (98.3) | 335 (98.2) | 0.990 | | Had periods with heavy discharge | 69 (40.1) | 63 (18.5) | 0.001 | | Had periods with scanty discharge | 47 (27.3) | 30 (8.8) | 0.001 | | Mean age at marriage (years) | 15.07 ± 2.5 | 17.29 ± 3.4 | 0.001 | | Mean age at first pregnancy (years) | 18.23 ± 2.4 | 20.05 ± 3.1 | 0.001 | | Mean age at last pregnancy (years) | 25.96 ± 5.4 | 27.21 ± 4.8 | 0.009 | | Mean number of live births | 3.70 ± 1.77 | 3.75 ± 1.5 | 0.738 | | Mean duration of breastfeeding of the last child (months) | 51.16 ± 20.8 | 37.81 ± 32.2 | 0.001 | | Ever use of oral contraceptive pills | 1 (0.6) | 15 (10.6) | 0.001 | | History of reproductive wastage | 12 (7.0) | 29 (20.5) | 0.004 | | History of sterilisation | 121 (70.3) | 85 (60.3) | 0.040 | | Mean age at menopause (years) | 41.69 ± 5.6 | 40.65 ± 5.0 | |
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Figures in the parentheses indicate percentage.
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