Reported school absenteeism related to menstruation, change of absorbent in school, and availability of a toilet at home, Indian studies published between 2000 and 2015
| Total pooled | Rural | Urban | Slum | Combination | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | Pooled proportion, 95% CI | N | Pooled proportion, 95% CI | N | Pooled proportion, 95% CI | N | Pooled proportion, 95% CI | N | Pooled proportion, 95% CI | |
| School absenteeism | 64 | 0.24, 0.19 to 0.30 | 33 | 0.28, 0.20 to 0.36 | 24 | 0.23, 0.16 to 0.31 | 6 | 0.12, 0.09 to 0.16 | 1 | 0.26, 0.23 to 0.29 |
| Change absorbent in school | 17 | 0.37, 0.29 to 0.46 | 12 | 0.39, 0.30 to 0.48 | 6 | 0.34, 0.15 to 0.57 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toilet at home | 21 | 0.51, 0.36 to 0.67 | 14 | 0.34, 0.21 to 0.49 | 7 | 0.84, 0.79 to 0.88* | 0 | 0 | ||
See online supplement S2.8 for a summary of reasons for school absenteeism during menstruation and changing absorbent in school and online supplementary table S2.9 for results of meta-regression of factors affecting school absenteeism for menstruation. For forest plots, see online supplement S3.
*p=0.002 comparing urban to rural studies.