Stunting among children under two years in Indonesia: Does maternal education matter?

ABSTRACT:

Background

Measuring height for age is one of the essential indicators for evaluating children's growth. The study analyzes the association between maternal education and stunting among children under two years in Indonesia.

Methods

The study employed secondary data from the 2017 Indonesia Nutritional Status Monitoring Survey. The unit of analysis was children under two years, and the study obtained weighted samples of 70,293 children. Besides maternal education, other independent variables analyzed in this study were residence, maternal age, maternal marital status, maternal employment, children's age, and gender. In the final stage, the study occupied a multivariate test by binary logistic regression test.

Results

The results show the proportion of stunted children

SUBMITTER: Laksono AD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9312392 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature