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2023-01-20

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Menstrual poverty among young women: a cross-sectional study in the urban context of Barcelona, Spain

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Menstrual poverty has become a global issue, affecting women who do not have access to the menstrual products they need. Most of the related literature is based on low- and middle-income countries’ facts and experiences. Using the 2020 Youth Survey in Barcelona, this cross-sectional study provides novel data on the prevalence and the factors associated with menstrual poverty in an urban context (Barcelona) in a high-income country (Spain) with a randomly selected representative sample of 700 young women aged 15 to 34. Descriptive statistics and logistic regression models were used in the analysis. Results show that 15.3 per cent of young women in Barcelona reported facing financial barriers to accessing menstrual products. Further, those young women with a high level of material deprivation (OR=4.42; CI=2.14–9.16) have a greater probability of suffering from menstrual poverty, whereas those living independently from their parents (OR=0.50; CI=0.28–0.90) and women with a non-EU origin (Latin-Americans: OR=0.54; CI=0.31–0.93; Others: OR=0.06; CI=0.01–0.46) have a lower probability of reporting menstrual poverty. Our findings advocate that the measurement of poverty should consider individual aspects and needs, and not only the household income level as the reference. Further, we would encourage rethinking poverty measurement with a gender perspective, as well as identifying how deprivations overlap to aggravate the experience of poverty.

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Pobresa, Sociologia de l'economia, Menstruació

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Poverty, Sociology of economics, Menstruation

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MARÍ-KLOSE, Marga, et al. Menstrual poverty among young women: a cross-sectional study in the urban context of Barcelona, Spain. 2023. vol. 31. Vol. 1, num. 63-80. ISSN 1759-8273. [consulted: 18 of August of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/207706

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