Data for: "Menstrual health and school absenteeism among adolescent girls in Uganda (MENISCUS): feasibility study"

Weiss, H, Nakinyingi-Miiro, J and Sembajjwe, W. 2018. Data for: "Menstrual health and school absenteeism among adolescent girls in Uganda (MENISCUS): feasibility study". [Online]. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom. Available from: https://doi.org/10.17037/DATA.275.

Weiss, H, Nakinyingi-Miiro, J and Sembajjwe, W. Data for: "Menstrual health and school absenteeism among adolescent girls in Uganda (MENISCUS): feasibility study" [Internet]. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine; 2018. Available from: https://doi.org/10.17037/DATA.275.

Weiss, H, Nakinyingi-Miiro, J and Sembajjwe, W (2018). Data for: "Menstrual health and school absenteeism among adolescent girls in Uganda (MENISCUS): feasibility study". [Data Collection]. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.17037/DATA.275.

Description

The MENISCUS study investigated menstrual health and reasons for school absenteeism among adolescent girls in Uganda. The quantitative dataset contains questionnaire responses provided by 352 female students (one record per row), aged 12-20 (median age 16 years) recruited from four secondary schools in Entebbe sub-district, Uganda, in October and November 2015. Variables cover knowledge and perceptions about menstrual hygiene management and reasons for school absenteeism, as well as socio-demographic characteristics of each respondent. Qualitative data collected through in-depth interviews with selected girls are not included in the data collection.

Methods

Description of data capture

The day-to-day statistical and data management of the project was overseen by Jessica Nakiyingi-Miiro, a statistical epidemiologist in MRC-UVRI. The questionnaire was self-completed by participants with clarifications provided by Research Assistants present in the room as needed. Data was subsequently entered into a Microsoft Access database by Research Assistants and the Data Management Assistant. Data checks were subsequently performed in three stages. First, each questionnaire was manually checked for completeness by the Research Assistants and the Data Management Assistant following collection. If data was found to be missing, follow-up was performed with the relevant student. Second, data was entered into a Microsoft Access database by Research Assistants and the Data Management Assistant. Initial range and consistency checks were performed by the Data Management Assistant and Data Manager. Queries identified were resolved promptly by consulting the students, and the database updated. Third and finally, checks were performed by the Data Manager and Statistician who also generated/transformed variables for analysis using a ‘do file’ in STATA. Statistical analyses were conducted using Stata 14 (StataCorp, TX, USA).

Data capture method

Questionnaire: Fixed form - Paper

Data Collection Period

From	To
October 2015	November 2015

Date (Date submitted to LSHTM repository)

4 January 2018

Geographical area covered (offline during plugin upgrade)

North Latitude	East Longitude	South Latitude	West Longitude
0.401238	32.482	0.397719	32.4762
0.0673942	32.481	0.0454216	32.4546

Language(s) of written materials

English

People & Groups

Data Creators	Weiss, H, Nakinyingi-Miiro, J and Sembajjwe, W
LSHTM Faculty/Department	Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health > Dept of Infectious Disease Epidemiology
Participating Institutions	London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, MRC/UVRI Uganda Research Unit on AIDS, Entebbe, Uganda

Projects

Funders

Project	Funder	Grant Number	Funder URI
Menstrual Hygiene and Safe Male Circumcision Promotion in Ugandan Schools (MENISCUS): Feasibility and preparatory study for a cluster randomized trial	Medical Research Council	MC_PC_14098	UNSPECIFIED