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Table 1 Schoolgirls’ self-reported access to absorbents

From: Schoolgirls’ experience and appraisal of menstrual absorbents in rural Uganda: a cross-sectional evaluation of reusable sanitary pads

 

Reusable pad

N = 72

New Cloth

N = 30

Old Cloth

N = 62

Disposable Sanitary Pad

N = 18

Other

N = 19

 

%(N)

%(N)

%(N)

%(N)

%(N)

Who provides you with your absorbent?

    

 Obtain myself

13.3 (4)

59.7 (37)

5.6 (1)

31.6 (6)

 Mother

76.7 (23)

32.3 (20)

72.2 (13)

26.3 (5)

 Other household member

6.7 (2)

8.1 (5)

5.6 (1)

10.5 (2)

 AFRIpads (intervention)

100 (72)

 Other (hospital doctor)

3.3 (1)

 

16.7 (3)

5.3 (1)

Don’t know/no answer

    

26.3 (5)

Anyone else in your house use this absorbent?

   

 Yes

53.3 (16)

45.2 (28)

72.2 (13)

36.8 (7)

 No

40.0 (12)

50.0 (31)

27.8 (5)

36.8 (7)

Missing or Not Applicable

100 (72)

6.7 (2)

4.8 (3)

0 (0)

26.3 (5)

How many pieces of cloth do you have?

    

 1–2

 

7.7 (2)

25.9 (15)

  

 3–4

 

50.0 (13)

37.9 (22)

  

 5+

 

42.3 (11)

36.2 (21)

  

How many pieces of cloth do you use a day?

    

 1–2

 

38.5 (10)

53.5 (31)

  

 3+ (max reported 6)

 

61.5 (16)

46.6 (27)

  

Do you share cloth with anyone else in your household?

   

 Yes

 

0 (0)

3.4 (2)

  

 No

 

100 (26)

96.6 (57)