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Meta-Analysis
. 2022 Jul 4;22(1):271.
doi: 10.1186/s12905-022-01855-2.

Earning pocket money and girls' menstrual hygiene management in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Biniyam Sahiledengle  1 , Daniel Atlaw  2 , Abera Kumie  3 , Girma Beressa  4 , Yohannes Tekalegn  4 , Demisu Zenbaba  4 , Demelash Woldeyohannes  5 , Fikreab Desta  4 , Tesfaye Assefa  6 , Daniel Bogale  7 , Fikadu Nugusu  4 , Kingsley Emwinyore Agho  8   9
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Meta-Analysis

Earning pocket money and girls' menstrual hygiene management in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Biniyam Sahiledengle et al. BMC Womens Health. .

Abstract

Background: Many adolescent girls in Ethiopia and elsewhere missed school during their monthly cycles due to a lack of affordable menstrual absorbent materials or money to buy sanitary pads. So far, few studies have looked into the relationship between earning pocket money and maintaining good menstrual hygiene. Hence, this systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to synthesize the best available evidence regarding the association between earning pocket money and menstrual hygiene management among adolescents in Ethiopia.

Methods: We systematically searched PubMed, Hinari, Science Direct, Cochrane Library, ProQuest, POPLINE, African Journal Online, Direct of Open Access Journals, and Google Scholar for studies examining the association between earning pocket money and menstrual hygiene management among adolescent girls in Ethiopia, without restriction in a publication year. The Joanna Briggs Institute quality assessment tool for the cross-sectional studies was used to assess the quality of included studies. A prefabricated checklist, including variables: first author, publication year, sample size, type of questionnaire, and the region was used to extract data from the selected articles. A random-effect meta-analysis model was used to estimate the pooled odds ratio (OR) of the association between earning pocket money and menstrual hygiene management. The heterogeneity and publication bias was assessed by using I2 test statistics and Egger's test, respectively.

Results: Data from nine studies involving 4783 adolescent girls were extracted. The meta-analysis revealed that adolescent girls who earned pocket money from their parents or relative had 1.64 times higher odds of having good menstrual hygiene management than their counterparts [pooled OR = 1.64, 95% CI: 1.16-2.34, I2:66.7%, n = 7 (number of studies)]. Similarly, the likelihood of having good menstrual hygiene management was lower by 49% among adolescent girls who did not receive any pocket money from their parents compared to their counterparts (pooled OR = 0.51, 95% CI: 0.35-0.74, I2:48.4%, n = 2).

Conclusions: The findings revealed that adolescent girls who earned pocket money were more likely to practice good menstrual hygiene management. Progress toward better menstrual hygiene will necessitate consideration of this factor.

Keywords: Adolescent girls; Ethiopia; Menstrual hygiene; Pocket money; Sanitary pad.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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Flow chart of study selection for systematic review and meta-analysis of menstrual hygiene management and its association with earning pocket money among adolescent girls in Ethiopia, 2014–2021
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Forest plot of the individual and pooled odds ratios (POR) of the association between earning pocket money and good menstrual hygiene management, 2014–2021
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Forest plot of two studies and pooled odds ratios (POR) of the association between earning pocket money and good menstrual hygiene management, 2014–2021
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Subgroup pooled odds ratios (POR) of the association between earning pocket money and good menstrual hygiene management among adolescent girls in Ethiopia, by region, 2014–2021
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Subgroup pooled odds ratios (POR) of the association between earning pocket money and good menstrual hygiene management among adolescent girls in Ethiopia, by sampling technique, 2014–2021
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Funnel plot for the meta-analysis of the association between earning pocket money and good menstrual hygiene management, 2014–2021
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