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Table 3 Transport and school environment needs (n = 200)

From: Menstrual health among adolescents and young adults in rural Haiti

During your last menstrual period how often did you feel that…

Participant responses (n, %)

Never

Sometimes

Often

Always

I felt comfortable carrying spare menstrual materials with me outside my home

16 (8)

21 (11)

66 (33)

96 (48)

I felt comfortable carrying menstrual materials to the place where I changed them

17 (9)

15 (8)

76 (38)

91 (46)

When at school, I was able to change my menstrual materials when I wanted to

23 (12)

39 (20)

78 (39)

59 (30)

When at school, I was satisfied with the place I used to change my menstrual materials

24 (12)

52 (26)

69 (35)

54 (27)

When at school, I had a clean place to change my menstrual materials

25 (13)

58 (29)

66 (33)

50 (25)

I skipped school because I had my menses*

50 (25)

62 (31)

61 (31)

26 (13)

  1. All data obtained from both site 1 and 2
  2. *Item not in Menstrual Practice Needs Scale (MPNS)