| dc.description.abstract | Health is one of the basic needs in the life of a family, in which a mother plays primary role in
child’s development and care. This indicates that health care for children is the responsibility of
the family. Recently, many women are working outside the house, leaving their primary
domestic duties to care, develop, and guide children. This presumably influences health quality of
the family.
This study was aimed to identify nutritional status of children under five years old and
intelligence of school-aged children of working and non-working women, and factors that
influence both variables. This study was done in Jember City. Samples 558 womens whose
children under five years old consisted of 279 working women and 279 non-working women, but
working-husbands as government employee, in state or regional-owned and in private
companies.and 558 womens whose school-aged children, consisted of 279 working women and
279 non-working women, but working husbands as government employee, in state or regionalowned
companies, and in private companies The samples were taken randomly and socialeconomic
status
of
these
women
was
also
considered.
Data
was
collected
using
questionnaire
for
identify
respondens and instruments used were scale for measuring body weight of children
under five years old adjusted to their age to determine nutritional status according to WHONCHS.
To determine the children’s level of intelligence, general intelligence test using BinetSimon
scale.
Result showed that nutritional status among children under five years old of working and nonworking
women were not sicnificantly different. Nutritional status among children under five
years old working women were as follows: good (73,48%), moderate (17,92%), and poor
(8,60%), while nutritional status among children under five years old of non-working women
were: good (79,93%), moderate (12,54%), and poor (7,53%). Intelligence of school-age children
of working-women showed significant different from that of non-working women. Intelligence of
school-aged children of working women were as follows: above average (8,96%), normal
(86,02%), and under average (5,02%), while intelligence of school-ages chidren of non-working
women were: above average (11,11%), normal (77,42%), and under average (11,47%). Result of
regression analysis showed that nutritional status of children under five years old was influenced
by aged of respondents, qualntity and quality of diet, while intelligence of school-aged children
was influenced by: type of work and husbands’ length of work, breast feeding, length of contact
between mother and children, and number of respondents’ children. | en_US |
