A study of practices of menstrual health among school going girls of Kalaburagi district ∗

C P S  Hungund; S R  Ashwini

doi:10.48165/

Authors

C P S Hungund Department of Statistics, Gulbarga University, Kalaburagi-585106, Karnataka, India.
S R Ashwini Research Scholar, Department of Statistics, Gulbarga University , Kalaburagi-585106, Karnataka, India.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.48165/

Keywords:

Menstruation, Health factors, Factor Analysis, Component matrix, Ro tated Component matrix

Abstract

This paper presents a study of health problems facing during menstrua tion among school going girls of Kalaburagi district. The main objective of the study is to identify and analyze the most influencing health factors and measures of precaution during menstruation using factor analysis. The respondents were selected randomly from high schools of five talukas of Kalaburagi district viz: Aland, Jevargi, Sedam, Chitapur and Kalaburagi with 1500 respondents. In this study 18 factors were considered and most decisive health and precaution factors were identified through factor analysis using SPSS package.

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