Creation of the gender-equitable school index for secondary schools using principal components analysis.

Publisher: Oxford University Press Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 101517095 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1876-3405 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 18763405 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Int Health Subsets: MEDLINE

Publication: 2013- : Oxford : Oxford University Press
Original Publication: -2012: Kidlington, Oxford : Elsevier

Menstruation* ; Schools*; Adolescent ; Child ; Educational Status ; Female ; Humans ; Hygiene ; Male ; Nepal

Background: Higher schooling attainment for girls is associated with improved maternal and child health outcomes. In low- and middle-income countries, girls drop out of school at higher rates than boys beginning in early adolescence due to factors such as son preference and lack of access to menstrual supplies.
Methods: Using principal components analysis, we created a gender-equitable school (GES) index with data from 159 secondary schools in Nepal to measure school-level factors that may influence girls' secondary school pass rates.
Results: A component describing girls' safety and hygiene was positively associated with school-wide pass rates for girls, and to a lesser degree for boys.
Conclusions: The GES index has diagnostic and programmatic utility in programs aimed at supporting girls' education and health.
(© The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.)

BMC Infect Dis. 2017 Dec 28;17(1):801. (PMID: 29281990)

Keywords: Nepal; education; girls’ education; hygiene; principal components analysis; sexual and reproductive health

Date Created: 20200626 Date Completed: 20210602 Latest Revision: 20210602

20221213

PMC7902683

10.1093/inthealth/ihaa032

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