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Journal of Tropical Pediatrics 2001 47(3):179-181; doi:10.1093/tropej/47.3.179
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Mother's Working Status and Nutritional Status of Children Under the Age of 5 in Urban Low-income Community, Surabaya, Indonesia

N. Toyama1, S. Wakai1, Y. Nakamura2 and Andryansyah Arifin3

1 Department of International Community Health, Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo, Japan 2 Faculty of Human Sciences, Osaka University, Japan 3 Health Service and Developing Center, National Institute of Health Research and Development, Ministry of Health, Republic of Indonesia

A cross-sectional anthropometrics survey was carried out in a low-income community of Surabaya, Indonesia, to examine the association between mother's employment and the child's nutritional status for identifying a group at risk of having malnourished children. Subjects were 274 children under the age of 5. The children of non-working mothers had significantly higher height-for-age z-score (HAZ) (p < 0.05) than those of working mothers. When mother's work was divided into ‘formal’ and ‘informal’, HAZ and weight-for-age z-score (WAZ) of children of the informal worker's group were significantly lower than those of the non-working mother and the formal worker's group (p < 0.05). Mother's education and income of the formal worker's group were significantly higher than those of the informal worker's group (p < 0.01). Our study identified a group at risk of malnutrition, i.e., children of mothers working in informal sectors. The programs to provide childcare for working mothers should target this particular group of poor households.


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