| Title | The girl child and the family : an action research study |
| Publication Type | Miscellaneous |
| Year of Publication | 1994 |
| Authors | Anandalakshmy, S |
| Edition | summary report |
| Pagination | 312 p. (summary 44 p.); ill.; fig. |
| Date Published | 1994-01-01 |
| Publisher | Indian University and Ministry of Human Resources Development |
| Place Published | New Delhi, India |
| Keywords | child health, child hygiene, education, education of women, gender, hygiene, india, menstruation, personal hygiene, sanitation, water supply |
| Abstract | Descriptive quantitative questionnaire survey of over 13000 girls aged 7-18. Chapter VI is devoted to girls’ menstruation and menstrual hygiene. At the time of the survey, 40% had started menstruation, and the mothers on position and practices of and attitudes to the Indian girl child. Multistage stratified random sample of 100 girls per state in one district in the top development quadrille and one in the bottom quadrille according to the India Economic Index. Two-third were unaware of menstruation at its start. Friends are informants, but once started mother is primary helper. Fear (24%) and shyness (23%) dominate feelings. Impacts are restrictions on mobility (35%) and contacts with boys (21%). A remarkable finding was that while the researchers expected school dropout to peak at onset of menarche, the reported drop out of girls was spread equally across all age groups: at each age between 7 and 18 reported dropout was 1%-2%. The chapter on menstrual hygiene is limited to findings on onset, information, attitudes and cultural restrictions. No details on MHM practices at home and in school. [authors abstract] |
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