Table 4

Common restrictions related to menstruation in order of frequency of report in Indian studies published between 2000 and 2015

	Total pooled		Rural		Urban		Slum		Combination
Description restrictions	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
Religious restrictions	67	0.77, 0.71 to 0.83	35	0.75, 0.67 to 0.82	26	0.79, 0.70 to 0.88	5	0.73, 0.56 to 0.87	1	1.00, 0.98 to 1.00
Not certain foods	44	0.38, 0.30 to 0.46	25	0.38, 0.28 to 0.49	14	0.37, 0.28 to 0.47	4	0.47, 0.05 to 0.92	1	0.05, 0.03 to 0.06
No exercise or playing	43	0.25, 0.19 to 0.32	23	0.23, 0.15 to 0.32	18	0.29, 0.17 to 0.42	2	0.22, 0.19 to 0.26	0
No kitchen access and/or cooking	37	0.27, 0.21 to 0.34	20	0.24, 0.15 to 0.33	16	0.32, 0.21 to 0.43	1	0.37, 0.22 to 0.56	0
No household work	31	0.25, 0.18 to 0.34	15	0.24, 0.14 to 0.36	12	0.28, 0.13 to 0.46	3	0.19, 0.07 to 0.35	1	0.36, 0.33 to 0.40
Not out of house (alone or at night)/isolation	29	0.27, 0.20 to 0.34	20	0.26, 0.18 to 0.36	9	0.28, 0.17 to 0.41	0		0
No attendance of social functions	25	0.27, 0.19 to 0.35	18	0.27, 0.18 to 0.37	7	0.27, 0.11 to 0.47	0		0
Separate sleeping	20	0.26, 0.14 to 0.39	11	0.24, 0.06 to 0.47	8	0.27, 0.11 to 0.46	1	0.33, 0.17 to 0.53	0
Not touching food or people	19	0.50, 0.36 to 0.64	12	0.49, 0.34 to 0.64	7	0.52, 0.23 to 0.80	0		0
Sitting separately	6	0.24, 0.07 to 0.46	3	0.30, 0.08 to 0.59	3	0.18, 0.00 to 0.51	0		0
No restrictions at all	21	0.13, 0.08 to 0.19	12	0.10, 0.04 to 0.19	8	0.17, 0.09 to 0.26	1	0.10, 0.06 to 0.14	0

See online supplement S2.7 and figure S2.1 for a summary of other restrictions and beliefs. For forest plots, see online supplement S3.