Abstract: Age of menarche is an important indicator of sexual maturation which depends much on various social, environmental, and hereditary factors. Menarche age is also an indicator of health status of a population. Therefore the importance of approaching menarcheis evident as literature reagardingmenarche in Bangladesh is hardly found.This cross sectional study aims to determine the socio-demographic determinants of age at menarche from social, economic, and demographic aspects.This study used recall method to obtainmenarcheal age and body sizein a group of 289 students at the Khulna University of Bangladesh. Responses about socio-demographic characteristics, and physical activity were gathered by respondents' self-administered questionnaire.Additionally, the study examined pearson's chi-square and bivariate correlation between age at menarche and social, economic,.......
Keywords: Socio-demographicdeterminants,age at Menarche,socio-economic and reproductive status
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