Relationship between stunting in children 6 to 36 months of age and maternal employment status in Peru: A sub-analysis of the Peruvian Demographic and Health Survey
Objectives This study aimed to determine the relationship between stunting in children 6 to 36 months old and maternal employment status in Peru. Methods A secondary data analysis was conducted using information from the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) in Peru. We used a representative sample of...
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ndltd-PERUUPC-oai-repositorioacademico.upc.edu.pe-10757-6255692019-05-12T03:40:25Z Relationship between stunting in children 6 to 36 months of age and maternal employment status in Peru: A sub-analysis of the Peruvian Demographic and Health Survey Chávez-Zárate, Airin Maguiña, Jorge L. Quichiz-Lara, Antoinette Danciana Zapata-Fajardo, Patricia Edith Mayta-Tristan, Percy airinchz1@hotmail.com Adolescent Adult Article Child Controlled study Employment status Female Human Infant Objectives This study aimed to determine the relationship between stunting in children 6 to 36 months old and maternal employment status in Peru. Methods A secondary data analysis was conducted using information from the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) in Peru. We used a representative sample of 4637 mother-child binomials to determine the association between stunting in children 6 to 36 months of age and the employment status of their mothers. Results The prevalence of stunting among children was 15.9% (95% CI: 13.9–16.7). The prevalence of working mothers was 63.7%. No association was found between maternal employment status and the presence of stunting in children [prevalence ratio (PR) = 1.04; 95% confidence interval (95% CI): 0.9 to 1.2; p = 0.627). However, on multivariate analysis we found that the prevalence of stunting was significantly higher among children of mothers performing unpaid work (12.4%) (PR = 1.38; 95% CI: 1.2–1.6; p < 0.001) compared with those of paid working mothers. Conclusion No significant association was found between maternal employment status and the presence of stunting in children 6 to 36 months of age. However, children of mothers doing unpaid work are at higher risk of stunting. These findings support the implementation of educational programs and labour policies to reduce the prevalence of stunting among children. © 2019 Chávez-Zárate et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Revisión por pares Revisión por pares 2019-04-24T18:52:20Z 2019-04-24T18:52:20Z 2019-04 info:eu-repo/semantics/article 1932-6203 10.1371/journal.pone.0212164 10.1371/journal.pone.0212164.g001 10.1371/journal.pone.0212164.t001 10.1371/journal.pone.0212164.t002 10.1371/journal.pone.0212164.t003 10.1371/journal.pone.0212164.t004 10.1371/journal.pone.0212164.t005 10.1371/journal.pone.0212164.t006 10.1371/journal.pone.0212164.t007 http://hdl.handle.net/10757/625569 PLoS ONE 0000 0001 2196 144X spa http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0212164 http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0212164.g001 http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0212164.t001 http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0212164.t002 http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0212164.t003 http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0212164.t004 http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0212164.t005 http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0212164.t006 http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0212164.t007 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/ application/pdf Public Library of Science Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC) Repositorio Académico - UPC PLOS ONE 14 4 e0212164 |
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Adolescent Adult Article Child Controlled study Employment status Female Human Infant Chávez-Zárate, Airin Maguiña, Jorge L. Quichiz-Lara, Antoinette Danciana Zapata-Fajardo, Patricia Edith Mayta-Tristan, Percy Relationship between stunting in children 6 to 36 months of age and maternal employment status in Peru: A sub-analysis of the Peruvian Demographic and Health Survey |
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Objectives This study aimed to determine the relationship between stunting in children 6 to 36 months old and maternal employment status in Peru. Methods A secondary data analysis was conducted using information from the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) in Peru. We used a representative sample of 4637 mother-child binomials to determine the association between stunting in children 6 to 36 months of age and the employment status of their mothers. Results The prevalence of stunting among children was 15.9% (95% CI: 13.9–16.7). The prevalence of working mothers was 63.7%. No association was found between maternal employment status and the presence of stunting in children [prevalence ratio (PR) = 1.04; 95% confidence interval (95% CI): 0.9 to 1.2; p = 0.627). However, on multivariate analysis we found that the prevalence of stunting was significantly higher among children of mothers performing unpaid work (12.4%) (PR = 1.38; 95% CI: 1.2–1.6; p < 0.001) compared with those of paid working mothers. Conclusion No significant association was found between maternal employment status and the presence of stunting in children 6 to 36 months of age. However, children of mothers doing unpaid work are at higher risk of stunting. These findings support the implementation of educational programs and labour policies to reduce the prevalence of stunting among children. © 2019 Chávez-Zárate et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. === Revisión por pares === Revisión por pares |
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Relationship between stunting in children 6 to 36 months of age and maternal employment status in Peru: A sub-analysis of the Peruvian Demographic and Health Survey |
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Relationship between stunting in children 6 to 36 months of age and maternal employment status in Peru: A sub-analysis of the Peruvian Demographic and Health Survey |
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Relationship between stunting in children 6 to 36 months of age and maternal employment status in Peru: A sub-analysis of the Peruvian Demographic and Health Survey |
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Relationship between stunting in children 6 to 36 months of age and maternal employment status in Peru: A sub-analysis of the Peruvian Demographic and Health Survey |
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Relationship between stunting in children 6 to 36 months of age and maternal employment status in Peru: A sub-analysis of the Peruvian Demographic and Health Survey |
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relationship between stunting in children 6 to 36 months of age and maternal employment status in peru: a sub-analysis of the peruvian demographic and health survey |
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