Demographic Determinant of Nutritional Practices of Nursing Mothers in Rivers State, Nigeria

Lois Erowo Obed-Ojukwu and Ngozi Chinyere Egbunefu
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Lois Erowo Obed-Ojukwu: Department of Human Kinetics, Health and Safety Education, Ignatius Ajuru University of Education Rumuolumeni, Rivers State, Nigeria
Ngozi Chinyere Egbunefu: Department of Human Kinetics, Health and Safety Education, Ignatius Ajuru University of Education Rumuolumeni, Rivers State, Nigeria

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, 2023, vol. 7, issue 3, 1243-1249

Abstract: This study investigated the Social demographic determinants of nutritional practice among nursing mothers in Rivers State. The study adopted a survey design. The population for the study was 1,880,706 nursing mothers in Rivers State. A total of 800 nursing mothers were sampled using proportionate stratified random sampling technique from the population for the study. The study made use of a validated researcher-structured questionnaire titled “Nutritional Practices Questionnaire (NUPQ) with a reliability index of 0.86 to collect data for to collect data for the study. The researcher administered 800 copies of the questionnaire. However, 773 were correctly filled representing 96.6% return rate. Percentage, mean, standard deviation, and ANOVA were used to analyze the data. It was found that the nursing mothers’ nutritional practice was fair(2.51±1.01). It was also discovered that age and level of education significantly influenced the nutritional practices of nursing mothers (P

Date: 2023
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