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Menstruation, Menstrual Cups and School Attendance: Evidence from a Randomized Trial in Uganda

Eklöf, Sofia LU (2019) NEKH02 20191
Department of Economics
Abstract
Several organizations claim menstruation and lack of proper sanitary protection to be one reason for lower school attendance in developing countries. These claims are stated to cause lower progression rates to secondary school among girls, and further increase the gender gap in enrollment to higher education. This study aims to examine the effects of menstruation on school attendance and to evaluate further what impact provision of menstrual cups have on girls´ schooling. The results are presented from a randomized trial that assigned menstrual cups to adolescent girls in rural Uganda. Girls are randomly assigned a menstrual cup for use during their menstruation to measure the effect on school attendance. The findings suggest that the... (More)
Several organizations claim menstruation and lack of proper sanitary protection to be one reason for lower school attendance in developing countries. These claims are stated to cause lower progression rates to secondary school among girls, and further increase the gender gap in enrollment to higher education. This study aims to examine the effects of menstruation on school attendance and to evaluate further what impact provision of menstrual cups have on girls´ schooling. The results are presented from a randomized trial that assigned menstrual cups to adolescent girls in rural Uganda. Girls are randomly assigned a menstrual cup for use during their menstruation to measure the effect on school attendance. The findings suggest that the effects are minimal and do not support that menstruation or lack of proper sanitary protection has a significant impact on education as has been claimed. The effect of menstruation on school attendance indicate that girls miss on average 0.009 days of school over 34 schooldays. Girls being allocated a menstrual cup are 0.028 days more likely to attend school during period days. I control for age, girls´ years of education, parents´ years of education and parents´ monthly work for pay. The method used in the analysis is the difference-in-difference estimator. Quantitative and qualitative data were conducted with 58 participants. (Less)
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author
Eklöf, Sofia LU
supervisor
organization
course
NEKH02 20191
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Menstruation, modern sanitary protection, menstrual cup, barriers to girls´ schooling, school attendance
language
English
id
8988432
date added to LUP
2019-08-08 11:31:42
date last changed
2019-08-08 11:31:42
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  abstract     = {{Several organizations claim menstruation and lack of proper sanitary protection to be one reason for lower school attendance in developing countries. These claims are stated to cause lower progression rates to secondary school among girls, and further increase the gender gap in enrollment to higher education. This study aims to examine the effects of menstruation on school attendance and to evaluate further what impact provision of menstrual cups have on girls´ schooling. The results are presented from a randomized trial that assigned menstrual cups to adolescent girls in rural Uganda. Girls are randomly assigned a menstrual cup for use during their menstruation to measure the effect on school attendance. The findings suggest that the effects are minimal and do not support that menstruation or lack of proper sanitary protection has a significant impact on education as has been claimed. The effect of menstruation on school attendance indicate that girls miss on average 0.009 days of school over 34 schooldays. Girls being allocated a menstrual cup are 0.028 days more likely to attend school during period days. I control for age, girls´ years of education, parents´ years of education and parents´ monthly work for pay. The method used in the analysis is the difference-in-difference estimator. Quantitative and qualitative data were conducted with 58 participants.}},
  author       = {{Eklöf, Sofia}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Menstruation, Menstrual Cups and School Attendance: Evidence from a Randomized Trial in Uganda}},
  year         = {{2019}},
}