| VARIABLE | DERIVED FROM VARIABLE | CRF QUESTION NUMBER | QUESTION TEXT | CATEGORY LABELS | |
| schcode | not applicable | QA | 02 | Name of school | 11"Entebbe Comp SSS" 12"Entebbe SS" 24"Merryland HS" 26"St Noah SSS" |
| schooltype | schcode | Type of school | 0"Government" 1"Private" | ||
| idno | not applicable | QA | 06 | What is your student unique study number | |
| schtype | not applicable | QA | 07 | Boarder or day pupil? | 1"day" 2"boarder" |
| age | not applicable | QA | 08 | How old are you now? (completed years) | |
| agegroup4 | age | Age group | 14"<=14" 17">=17" | ||
| relgp | religion | QB | 011 | What is your religion? | 1"Catholic" 2"Anglican" 3"Born again" 4"Muslim" 5"other religion" |
| tribecat | tribe | QB | 012 | What is your tribe? | 1"Muganda" 2"other Ugandan" 3"non-Ugandan" |
| hholdt | not applicable | QB | 015 | How many people (adults & children) living in your household (including yourself)? | |
| hholda | not applicable | QB | 016 | Of all people living in household, how many are adults? | |
| hwater | Running water inside the house? | 0"no" 1"yes" | |||
| anytoi | not applicable | QB | 020 | Any toilet/latrine inside house? | 1"yes" 2"no" |
| malive | not applicable | QB | 023 | Is your mother alive? | 1"yes" 2"no" |
| meducgp | meduc | QB | 029 | Highest formal education level completed by mother | |
| feducgp | feduc | QB | 030 | Highest formal education level completed by father | |
| mlive | not applicable | QB | 032 | Do you live with your mother? | 1"yes" 2"no" |
| flive | not applicable | QB | 034 | Do you live with your father? | 0 "no" 1"yes" |
| daysmiss | not applicable | QC | 041 | Number of school days missed in the past 30 days | |
| misreamn | not applicable | QC | 043 | Main reason you missed school | 1"sick in clinic/hospital" 2"lost a relative" 3"not paying school fees" 4"not having school requirements" 5 "sent home from school, discipline" 6"care-taking at home" 7"care-taking in hospital" 8"other reason" |
| misreamn_cat | misreamn | QC | 043 | Main reason you missed school | 1"fees" 2"sick" 3"other" |
| missdays_last | daysmiss | QC | 041 | school days missed in the past 30 days | |
| mens | not applicable | QD | 051 | Have you started menstruating? | 1"yes" 2"no" 3"don't know" |
| bpains | not applicable | QD | 057 | Did you experience back pain during your last menstrual period? | 1"yes" 2"no" |
| cramps | not applicable | QD | 057 | Did you experience cramps during your last menstrual period? | 1"yes" 2"no" |
| headache | not applicable | QD | 057 | Did you experience headache during your last menstrual period? | 1"yes" 2"no" |
| outstain | not applicable | QD | 057 | Were your outside garments stained with blood during last menstrual period? | 1"yes" 2"no" |
| menuselastc | not applicable | QD | 062 | Did you use old clothes during your last period? | 1"yes" 2"no" |
| menuselastd | not applicable | QD | 062 | Did you use toilet paper during your last period? | 1"yes" 2"no" |
| menuselaste | not applicable | QD | 062 | Did you use cotton wool during your last period? | 1"yes" 2"no" |
| menuselastf | not applicable | QD | 062 | Did you use knickers only during your last period? | 1"yes" 2"no" |
| menuselasth | not applicable | QD | 062 | Did you use locally made re-usable pads, ie Afripads, during your last period? | 1"yes" 2"no" |
| menuselasti | not applicable | QD | 062 | Did you use disposable manufactured pads eg Always, during your last period? | 1"yes" 2"no" |
| menuselastj | not applicable | QD | 062 | Did you use manufactured tampons during your last period? | 1"yes" 2"no" |
| menuselfi | not applicable | QD | 063 | Have you ever used disposable manufactured pads, eg Always, during your period? | 1"yes" 2"no" |
| localtry | not applicable | QD | 065 | If you currently use disposable manufactured pads (eg Always) would you be interested in tryin a pad made locally in Uganda? | 1"yes" 2"no" 3"not applicable" |
| menamt | not applicable | QD | 070 | How much blood do you lose on the day of the heaviest blood flow of your period? | 1"very much" 2"average" 3"little" |
| menchang_bin | menchang | QD | 071 | During your last period, how many times did you change your absorbent in 24 hours on the day of heaviest flow? | 0"< 4" 1">=4" |
| menchang_cat | menchang | QD | 071 | During your last period, how many times did you change your absorbent in 24 hours on the day of heaviest flow? | 1"0-1" 2"2" 3"3" 4"4" 5">=5" |
| menchnga | menchnga | QD | 074 | I don't attend school when I have my menstrual perios | |
| menwash | not applicable | QD | 081 | Do you use resuable/washable menstrual absorbents? | 1"yes" 2"no" |
| washhome | not applicable | QD | 082 | How do you wash your resuable menstrual absorbents when you are at home? | 1"water alone" 2"water & soap" 3"I don't wash it" |
| sandrya | not applicable | QD | 084 | Do you dry your menstrual absorbents outside on a drying line? | 1"yes" 2"no" |
| washare | not applicable | QD | 085 | Do you share the washable menstrual absorbents with other people? | 1"always" 2"sometimes" 3"never" |
| sandispuse | not applicable | QD | 088 | How often can you afford to use disposable menstrual absorbents? | 1"every period, every day" 2"every period, heavy days" 3"at least 3 times per year" 4"once or twice a year" 5"never" 6"only at school" |
| sanchosa | not applicable | QD | 089 | you worry less about leaks? | 1"yes" 2"no" |
| sanchosb | not applicable | QD | 089 | they are more comfortable? | 1"yes" 2"no" |
| sanchosc | not applicable | QD | 089 | disposal is easier? | 1"yes" 2"no" |
| sanchosd | not applicable | QD | 089 | no need to wash and dry? | 1"yes" 2"no" |
| sanchose | not applicable | QD | 089 | cloths are viewed as traditional and associated with low income? | 1"yes" 2"no" |
| idate1 | idate | QX | 002 | date of interview | |
| gender | not applicable | Gender | 1"female" | ||
| dmiss_anybin | daysmiss | Missed at least 1 school day in the last 30 days | 0 "no" 1"yes" | ||
| dmissbin | daysmiss | Missed at least 5 school days in the last 30 days | 0 "no" 1"yes" | ||
| hholdsize | hholdt | Household size | 1"smalle" 2"medium" 3"large" 4"very large" | ||
| menaccidt | not applicable | QD | 073 | Have you ever had a menstrual blood accident, when blood leaked through clothes? | 1"yes" 2"no" 3"nk" |
| menuse_adequate | derived | 0 "no" 1"yes" | |||
| orphan | mlive, flive | Are you an orphan? | 1 "no" 1"mother dead" 2"father dead" 3"orphan" | ||
| ses_urbangp | derived | Socioeconomic status in urban items | 1"lower SES" 2"higher SES" | ||