Demographic characteristics and associations with menstrual restrictions
| Total (n=1800) | Low menstrual restriction (%) | High menstrual restriction (%) | P values | |
| Total (%) | 100 | 27.7 | 72.3 | |
| Demographics | ||||
| Age (years) | 34.5 | 33.9 | 34.8 | 0.047 |
| Education | ||||
| None | 562 (31.2) | 36.3 | 63.7 | <0.001 |
| Primary | 444 (24.7) | 24.6 | 75.5 | |
| Secondary | 461 (25.6) | 26.5 | 73.5 | |
| Higher | 333 (18.5) | 19.2 | 80.8 | |
| Husband’s education | ||||
| None | 253 (14.1) | 34.0 | 66.0 | <0.001 |
| Primary | 397 (22.1) | 32.5 | 67.5 | |
| Secondary | 636 (35.4) | 27.8 | 72.2 | |
| Higher | 510 (28.4) | 20.4 | 79.6 | |
| Age at marriage (years) | ||||
| ≤14 | 226 (12.6) | 30.5 | 69.5 | 0.415 |
| 15–17 | 646 (35.9) | 28.5 | 71.5 | |
| ≥18 | 928 (51.6) | 26.5 | 73.5 | |
| Number of children | ||||
| None | 77 (4.3) | 28.6 | 71.4 | 0.955 |
| 1–3 | 1435 (79.7) | 27.8 | 72.2 | |
| 4+ | 288 (16.0) | 27.1 | 72.9 | |
| Income stress | ||||
| Yes | 806 (44.9) | 26.6 | 73.4 | 0.269 |
| No | 990 (55.1) | 28.9 | 71.1 | |
| Caste/ethnicity | ||||
| Disadvantaged | 952 (52.9) | 40.2 | 59.8 | <0.001 |
| Advantaged | 848 (47.1) | 13.7 | 86.3 | |