Study on age of menarche between generations and the factors associated with it

A declining trend of menarcheal age is noted in many developing and developed countries since last century. There is a reduction in the age of menarche by nearly one month per decade suggesting a secular decline in age of menarche among Indian women. To find out the mean age of menarche in the adolescent girls and their mothers and to know the factors associated with the change in the mean age of menarche. A comparative cross-sectional study was conducted in SRM field practice area, Mamandur involving100 adolescent girls and their mothers using a semistructured questionnaire. Descriptive statistics and chi square analysis, univariate and multivariate analysis were used to analyse the data. A value of p