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Management of Menstrual Hygiene is a problem for young women in India especially in EAG states. A... more Management of Menstrual Hygiene is a problem for young women in India especially in EAG states. Along with basic sanitation facilities, young girls and women require clean and soft, absorbent sanitary products for long run and their health protection. The present paper examines the prevalence of usage of hygienic method of menstrual protection among young women in EAG states of India with different socioeconomic characteristics, using fourth round of National Family Health Survey (NFHS-4), conducted in 2015-16. The study found that, about 44 percent of the young women were using hygienic method during menstruation. Disparity between urban and rural is perceptible, more than one-third of rural women (37 percent) used hygienic method as compared to 69 percent of women in urban areas. Among the EAG states, the range of use of hygienic methods varied from 30 percent in Bihar to 70 percent in Uttarakhand. The usage of hygienic methods among women belonging to richest category of wealth i...
Management of Menstrual Hygiene is a problem for young women in India especially in EAG states. A... more Management of Menstrual Hygiene is a problem for young women in India especially in EAG states. Along with basic sanitation facilities, young girls and women require clean and soft, absorbent sanitary products for long run and their health protection. The present paper examines the prevalence of usage of hygienic method of menstrual protection among young women in EAG states of India with different socioeconomic characteristics, using fourth round of National Family Health Survey (NFHS-4), conducted in 2015-16. The study found that, about 44 percent of the young women were using hygienic method during menstruation. Disparity between urban and rural is perceptible, more than one-third of rural women (37 percent) used hygienic method as compared to 69 percent of women in urban areas. Among the EAG states, the range of use of hygienic methods varied from 30 percent in Bihar to 70 percent in Uttarakhand. The usage of hygienic methods among women belonging to richest category of wealth i...