House ownership, frequency of illness, fathers’ education: the most significant socio-demographic determinants of poor nutritional status in adolescent girls from low income households of Lahore, Pakistan

Table 3 Health Status and Hygiene Practices of the Participants

Variable	Level	Frequency	Percentage	Fisher Exact value	P- value
BMI	Normal	38	33.9	2.8	.26
	Underweight	65	58.0
	Overweight	9	8.0
Health status at birth	Healthy	87	77.7	.208	.646
Health status at birth	Weak	25	22.3		.646
History of illness over the past 6 months	Yes	65	58.0	.475	.440
History of illness over the past 6 months	No	47	42.0		.440
Details of illness that occurred in the past 6 months	Dengue	12	10.7	-	-
	Gastro Intestinal Tract	12	10.7
	Throat and Chest	24	21.4
	Other	17	15.1
	not fallen ill	47	42.0
Frequency of illness	Weekly	38	33.9	7.024	.005
	Monthly	36	32.1
	Twice a year	38	33.9
General health	Lethargy	23	20.5	.475	.440
	Shortness of breath	12	10.7
	Both	60	53.6
	Neither	17	15.2
Frequency of baths	Weekly	28	25.0	3.549	.047
	Twice a week	44	39.3
	Thrice a week	39	34.8
	Daily	1	.9
Regularity of periods	Yes	103	92.0	.000	1.000
Regularity of periods	No	9	8.0		1.000
Type of sanitary napkin usage	Cloth	86	76.8	.885	.255
	Pad	14	12.5
	Both	12	10.7
Reuse of sanitary napkin	No	62	55.4	6.233	.012
Reuse of sanitary napkin	Yes	50	44.6		.012
How sanitary napkin is cleaned	Wash with Soap	50	44.6	-	-
	Wash without soap	3	2.7
	Does not reuse	59	52.7

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