Table 1 Socio-demographic condition, hygiene practice and health of the adolescent girls by study areas
Variables | Study area | p value | |
|---|---|---|---|
Intervention n = 811 | Comparison n = 809 | ||
Socio-demographic characteristics | |||
Age in year, mean ± SD** | 13.41 ± 2.13 | 13.43 ± 2.24 | 0.889 |
Household size, mean ± SD** | 5.18 ± 1.69 | 4.86 ± 1.47 | 0.000 |
Can read and write, % (n)* | 97.7 (792) | 98.0 (793) | 0.613 |
Educational status, % (n)* | |||
 None | 0.7 (6) | 0.4 (3) | 0.021 |
 Primary incomplete | 26.6 (216) | 23.4 (23.4) |  |
 Primary complete | 17.3 (140) | 14.1 (114) |  |
 Secondary incomplete | 47.8 (388) | 51.2 (414) |  |
 Secondary or more | 7.5 (61) | 11.0 (89) |  |
Primary occupation, % (n)* | |||
 Student | 91.5 (742) | 92.5 (748) | 0.204 |
 Othersa | 8.5 (69) | 7.5 (61) |  |
Wealth index, % (n)* | |||
 Poorest | 19.4 (157) | 20.6 (167) | 0.339 |
 Poor | 18.9 (153) | 21.1 (171) |  |
 Middle | 19.5 (158) | 20.4 (165) |  |
 Rich | 20.3 (165) | 19.7 (159) |  |
 Richest | 21.9 (178) | 18.2 (147) |  |
Water, sanitary and hygiene (WASH) practices | |||
Used sanitary latrine, % (n)* | 97.0 (787) | 96.2 (779) | 0.401 |
Washed both hands with soap before having food, % (n)* | 28.1 (228) | 26.7 (216) | 0.339 |
Washed both hands with soap after defecation, % (n)* | 76.0 (616) | 78.9 (638) | 0.099 |
Wore sandal before going to toilet, % (n)* | 96.4 (782) | 96.5 (781) | 0.900 |
Number of girls whose menstruation had started, N | 558 | 543 | Â |
Used sanitary napkin during menstruation, % (n)* | 10.2 (57) | 9.9 (54) | 0.882 |
Deworming and morbidity | |||
Received deworming tablet within last 6Â months, % (n)* | 51.9 (410) | 55.6 (438) | 0.340 |
Prevalence of common morbidities during last 2Â weeks of interview, % (n)* | |||
 Fever | 17.8 (144) | 25.2 (204) | 0.000 |
 Cold/cough | 25.6 (208) | 32.1 (260) | 0.004 |
 Diarrhea | 1.1 (9) | 1.2 (10) | 0.813 |
 Dysentery | 0.5 (4) | 0.7 (6) | 0.523 |
 Skin disease | 1.2 (10) | 1.6 (13) | 0.525 |