Assessment of Free Sanitary Pad Intervention Programme for Girls’ Education and School Retention in Tolon District in the Northern Region of Ghana

Table 1.

Menstrual Hygiene and Challenges in School

Variables	Frequency	Percentage (%)
Number of times sanitary pads were changed
Once	0	0.0
Two times	20	13.3
Three times	123	82.0
More than three times	7	4.6
No. baths taken during menstruating
Once	0	0.0
Two times	50	33.3
Three times	78	52.0
More than three times	22	14.6
Experiencing menstrual pains
Only 15 of the girls said they experience menstrual pains whilst the remaining 135 do not experience any pain.
Total	150	100.0

Field Survey (2021)