TY - JOUR AU - Vyas, Shaili AU - Kandpal, S D AU - Semwal, Jayanti PY - 2011/06/30 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - ROLE OF MATERNAL EDUCATION & OCCUPATION IN THE NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF UNDER THREE CHILDREN JF - Indian Journal of Community Health JA - Indian J Community Health VL - 23 IS - 1 SE - Original Article DO - UR - https://www.iapsmupuk.org/journal/index.php/IJCH/article/view/184 SP - 35-37 AB - <p>Research question: To determine the role of&nbsp; Maternal &nbsp;Education &amp; Occupation in the nutritional status of &nbsp;&lt;3yrs children. Objectives: To assess the role of &nbsp;maternal education &amp; occupation in the nutritional status of &nbsp;&lt;3yrs children.&nbsp; Study design: Cross sectional study. Settings:In the field practice area of Department of Community Medicine, Dehradun. Participants:500 children between 0-3years. Statistical Analysis:Chi Square . Results: &nbsp;Majority of mothers (41.20%) were found to be illiterate &amp; of these majority had undernourished children (73.30%). In our study, most (92.20%) of the mothers were housewives or were unemployed ,whereas maximum undernutrition (88.46%) was found in children whose mothers were unskilled labourer by occupation, whereas children of housewives were found to be only 59.22%&nbsp; undernourished.</p> ER -