Peer-reviewed article
Relationship Social Economic (Family Income) With Stunting
Nanik Nuraini, Yunita Dyah Fitriani ·
Summary
Written by AI, not yet AICS's view · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001This study examined whether family income is related to stunting (poor growth) in children under five in a village in Indonesia. The researchers surveyed 82 mothers with young children and found that children from families earning below the minimum wage were much more likely to be stunted than children from higher-income families. The study concludes that low family income is associated with stunting, likely because poor families cannot afford adequate nutrition for their children.
Key points
- Among 46 children from families with income below the minimum wage (< Rp 4.3 million), 91.3% were stunted compared to 5.6% of children from higher-income families
- The study found a statistically significant relationship between family income and stunting in children under five
- Low socio-economic status is identified as a pathway to stunting through poor nutrition
- The study recommends increasing family income and improving attention to child nutrition as interventions
Limitations
This is a cross-sectional study that shows association but cannot establish causation. The study is limited to one village in Indonesia, so findings may not generalise to other settings.
Abstract
The growth and development of children will experience a rapid increase at an early age, from 0 to 5 years as the phase.Golden age3. Socio-economic (Family Income) is low causing poor nutrition so that it affects the growth and development of children. The purpose of this study was to determine the Socio-Economic Relationship (Family Income) with the occurrence of Stunting in Toddler Age Children in Leran Village, Manyar District - Gresik Regency. The method used is analytic with are search design cross sectional. Data were collected directly through observations of mothers who have children under five in Leran Village - Manyar District, Gresik Regency as many as 82 people with the sampling technique simple random. Data analysis used the statistical test of the contingency coefficient =0.05. The results of the study obtained 46 respondents income < UMR (< Rp 4.3 million); 42 (91.3%) experienced stunting and 4 (8.7%) were not stunting while 36 respondents had income > UMR ; 2 (5.6%) were stunting and 34 (94.4%) were not stunting. The conclusion is that there is a relationship between socio-economic (family income) with the incidence of stunting in children aged under five, it is recommended to increase family income and pay attention to child nutrition.
Findings the Hub has extracted
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- Intervention
- The study does not evaluate an intervention; it observes the relationship between family income and stunting
- Population
- 82 mothers with children under five in Leran Village, Manyar District, Gresik Regency, Indonesia
Key finding
91.3% (42/46) of children from families earning below minimum wage were stunted