Absorbent Articles

A disposable absorbent article having a wearer-facing surface and a garment-facing surface, a longitudinal axis and a lateral axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, the disposable absorbent article further comprising:

• a topsheet forming at least a portion of the wearer-facing surface;
• a backsheet forming at least a portion of the garment-facing surface;
• an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet;
• a material web having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, a machine direction (MD) generally parallel to the longitudinal axis and a cross machine direction (CD) generally parallel to the lateral axis and perpendicular to the MD, and a Z-direction perpendicular to a plane comprising the MD and CD, the material web further comprising:
• a first stratum comprising a first plurality of filaments, the first stratum forming a portion of the first surface;
• and
• a second stratum comprising a second plurality of filaments, the second stratum forming a portion of the second surface;
• wherein, the first stratum and the second stratum are integrally formed, wherein the material web comprises a Z-direction characteristic difference from the first stratum to the second stratum and an MD and/or CD characteristic difference, and wherein the material web forms a portion of the disposable absorbent article.