College students with limited period product access U.S. 2023

A survey from 2023 revealed that roughly half of U.S. college or university students have known someone or personally struggled with access to menstrual products (financial reasons or otherwise). This statistic illustrates the percentage of college students in the United States who have known someone or personally struggled with access to menstrual products in 2023.

Percentage of college students in the United States who have known someone or personally struggled with access to menstrual products in 2023

Characteristic	Percentage of college students
Yes	47.6%
No	52.4%

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Release date

September 2023

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Region

United States

Survey time period

2023

Number of respondents

1,312 respondents

Special properties

College/university students from Ohio State University, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Harvard, NYU, and University of Central Florida*

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

Original question: Have you or anyone you've known struggled with access to menstrual products (financial reasons or otherwise)?
* The colleges varied in size, socioeconomic status, and location to capture the pervasiveness of period poverty across college campuses and the impact of the rising costs of living.

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