PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an absorbent article capable of improving appearance quality of an external packaging of an absorbent article by a simple method.SOLUTION: A sheet member of the invention comprises: a liquid impermeable resin film 11; and a nonwoven fabric 12 adhered to one surface of the resin film. The sheet member comprises alternately in a repeated manner, junctions where the liquid impermeable resin film 11 and the nonwoven fabric 12 are jointed through a minute fibrous cellulose aggregate 15, and non-junction parts which are continuously or intermittently provided between the junctions. The nonwoven fabric expands on the non-junction parts, and the nonwoven fabric does not expand on the junctions, so that irregularities are formed on the nonwoven fabric 12.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 9COPYRIGHT: (C)2020,JPO&INPIT