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

Airin Chávez-Zárate, Jorge L Maguiña, Antoinette Danciana Quichiz-Lara, Patricia Edith Zapata-Fajardo and Percy Mayta-Tristán

PLOS ONE, 2019, vol. 14, issue 4, 1-16

Abstract: 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

Date: 2019
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