Factors associated with low birth weight in Afghanistan: a cross-sectional analysis of the demographic and health survey 2015.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study aimed to investigate the factors associated with low birth weight (LBW) in Afghanistan.

Design

Cross-sectional study.

Setting

This study used data collected from the Afghanistan Demographic and Health Survey 2015.

Participants

Facility-based data from 2773 weighted live-born children enrolled by a two-stage sampling strategy were included in our analysis.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

The primary outcome was LBW, defined as birth weight <2.5kg.

Results

Out of 2773 newborns, 15.5% (n=431) had LBW. Most of these newborns were females (58.3%, n=251), had a mother with no formal schooling (70.5%, n=304), lived in urban areas (63.4%, n=274) or lived in the Central region of Afghanistan (59.7%, n=257). In multivariable ana

SUBMITTER: Das Gupta R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6530387 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature