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FAMILY INCOME IMPACTED THE NUTRITIONAL STATUS
OF CHILDREN UNDER FIVE IN WEST JAVA, INDONESIA
Bella Salsabila, Laili Rahayuwati, Ahmad Yamin, Kusman Ibrahim, Raden Nabilah Putri Fauziyyah
Faculty of Nursing, Universitas Padjadjaran
raden16006@mail.unpad.ac.id
INTRODUCTION Table 2. The Relationship Between Mother’s Social Demographic Factors From the table, it is known that the characteristic related to
children's nutritional status is family income besause p= 0,00 there
and Nutritional Status of Toddlers
is a positive correlation of 0.1. The results of this study are in line
The problem of nutritional status of children under five still becomes a with research which states that family income has a significant
major problem in the world population order and becomes the main effect on children's nutrition starting from the womb. Family income
cause of the increasing mortality of children under five. There are 2 affects the provision of family food, access to food in the family and
factors that lead to this problem, they are direct and indirect factors. adequate food distribution for the family. The quality and amount of
Social demographics such as mother’s age, mother’s education level, nutritional intake for family members are influenced by income.
mother’s occupation, family income, and the number of family Based on the above research, as a whole, it is in line with the
members constitute the indirect factors that affect the nutritional results in this study that family income affects the fulfillment of the
status of toddlers. This research was intended to identify the quality and amount of food in providing adequate nutrition for
children (8,9).
relationship between the characteristics of social demographics and According to other research states that cannot prove a strong
the nutritional status of children under five in West Java. relationship between family size and nutritional status. The food
available for large families is often lower than that available for
METHODS small families, so the food intake decreases with increasing family
size. According to other research states that an increase in family
This study used a correlative quantitative research method involving members shows a negative effect on a child's weight. As the size
at least 2 variables, namely characteristics of social demographics of household members changes, the possibility of depletion of
and nutritional status of children under five. This research used resources is due to large family sizes which reduce food intake
secondary data and the object of the study was the mothers who which worsens health conditions.
have toddlers and the number of the samples was 735 mothers. The
minimum number of the samples was determined by the number of CONCLUSION
the population and it was taken based on Issac and Michael’s.
The relationship between the characteristics social demography
RESULT such as mother’s age, mother’s education level, and family size is not
significantly related to nutritional status. Only family income is
significantly related to nutritional status (p=0,00).
Fig 1. Nutrition Status of Toddlers based on Weight/Age
Based on the table above, toddlers have adequate nutrition. However, a
Nutrition small number of toddlers still have malnutrition, lack of nutrition, and
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