1.Factors related to low birth weight in Indonesia
Nikmatur Rohmah ; Masruroh Masruroh ; Nur Baharia Marasabesy ; Nasrun Pakaya ; Joko Prasetyo ; Saiful Walid ; Agung Dwi Laksono
Malaysian Journal of Nutrition 2022;28(No.2):253-261
Introduction: Previous studies have reported that low birth weight (LBW) correlates
with neonatal death and 15 - 20% of all births worldwide are LBW. This research
aimed to analyse the factors related to LBW in Indonesia. Methods: The authors
collated secondary data from the 2017 Indonesian Demographic and Health Survey
(IDHS). The sample consisted of 17,443 respondents. Besides LBW as the dependent
variable, the independent variables consisted of maternal age, residence, wealth,
education, employment, marital status, health insurance, antenatal care (ANC)
visits, smoking behaviour, and gender of the baby. The final stage employed binary
logistic regression. Results: Women aged 35-39 years were 0.688 times less likely
than women aged 15-19 years to give birth to LBW babies. The wealthiest women
were 0.712 times less likely than the poorest women to give birth to LBW babies.
Women with higher education levels were 0.670 times less likely to have a LBW baby
than women with no education level. Women who attended ≥4 ANC visits were 0.829
times less likely to have LBW babies than women who attended <4 ANC visits. Baby
girls were 1.161 times more likely than baby boys to be born with LBW. Conclusion:
The study concluded that the factors related to LBW in Indonesia were maternal
age, wealth, education, ANC, and gender of the baby.