Risk Factors for Neonatal Death in Female Workers Mothers in Indonesia

Abstract

Female worker mothers have a greater risk of neonatal death during childbirth. The study aimed to analyzethe risk factors for neonatal death among female worker mothers in Indonesia. The study used data of the2017 Indonesia Demographic and Health Survey. With stratification and multistage random sampling, 18,061female worker mothers aged 15-49 years old with live births in the last 5 years were sampled. The finalanalyzed using a binary logistic regression test. The results of the study found that female worker motherswith the wealth status of the poorer category had 0.738 times the probability of experiencing neonataldeath compared to the poorest. Female worker mothers with wealth status in the middle category have aprobability of 0.702 times compared to the poorest to experience neonatal death. Meanwhile, the richestfemale worker mothers had a probability of 0.662 times compared to the poorest to experience neonataldeath. Meanwhile, female worker mothers who made ANC visits ?4 times had a probability of 0.331 timescompared to female worker mothers who made ANC visits <4 times. It could be concluded that there were2 factors which are the risk factors for neonatal death among female worker mothers in Indonesia, namelypoverty and ANC visits <4 times.