Reasons not to use washable menstrual protection in France 2021

New types of menstrual protection have appeared in recent years, such as period panties, washable protection, or the menstrual cup. In 2021, the source sought to find out the reasons why people in France did not use these types of protection instead of disposable ones. Yet, it appears that if most beneficiaries do not use these new protections, it is mainly due to lack of knowledge, while the first response of the general public was lack of trust in these products.

Reasons why people who have periods do not use menstrual protection such as menstrual panties or cups in France in 2021

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Release date

March 2021

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Region

France

Survey time period

November 16-20, 2020; January 5 to February 12, 2021**

Number of respondents

2,567*

Age group

18 years and older

Special properties

People who use other types of protection, i.e. 8% of the GP sample and 43% of the sample Beneficiaries of associations

Method of interview

Computer-assisted web interviews (CAWI)

Supplementary notes

The question was phrased by the source as follows: "Vous arrive-t-il de ne pas disposer de suffisamment de protections hygiéniques (serviettes, tampons) pour vous-même ou votre fille par manque d’argent ?"

The source adds the following information:
* "General public: sample of 1,807 respondents, including a sample of 1503 respondents representative of the French population and an oversample of 304 parents of children aged three years or less. Parents of young children were adjusted to their actual weight in the total population during computer processing. In total, 407 parents of children aged three years or less were interviewed."
"Association beneficiaries: sample of 760 people who are beneficiaries of charitable associations in the Dons Solidaires network)"

** "General public: interviews were conducted on the Internet from November 16 to 20, 2020.
Association beneficiaries: interviews took place by paper and online self-administered questionnaire from January 5 to February 12, 2021."

It should be noted that not all women menstruate, for various reasons (medication, illnesses, malformations, etc.) and that people who do not identify as women (non-binary people, transgender men, etc.) may have periods.

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