Comparison Of Menarcheal Age, Socio-Demographics And Anthropometrics Of Hausa And Igbo Schoolgirls From Enugu And Kaduna States Of Nigeria

📄 Project Abstract

The onset of menarche signals the start of women's reproductive life and is determined by genetics, race, environmental, nutritional habits, socioeconomic status, and exercise. The present study is primarily aimed at determining the mean menarcheal age of adolescent girls from Hausa and Igbo ethnic groups living in rural and urban regions. The study also compared the mean anthropometric dimensions of menstruating and non-menstruating girls. The study also examined the prevalence of premenstrual syndromes among these designated ethnic groups. A total of 800 secondary school girls participated in the study. Four hundred are from Hausa and four hundred from Igbo ethnic groups. One hundred and fifty out of the four hundred from each ethnic group reside in the rural region while another one hundred and fifty from each ethnic group reside in the urban region. The remaining two hundred subjects will constitute the non-menstruating group with hundred from each ethnic group of which fifty are r...