STATISTICALANALYSIS OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS AFFECTING BIRTH WEIGHT OF NEW-BORN AMONG INSTITUTIONAL DELIVERIES

Abstract

Birth weight of a newborn is an important predictor of its chance of survival and physical and mental growth. The various obstetric, psychological, socio-economic, demographic and maternal morbidity related factors can affect the birth weight. The present study was conducted to nd out the proportion of low birth weight babies among the babies born at tertiary care hospital and to nd out association between various Socio-economic and demographic factors and birth weight. The present cross-sectional study was conducted during the period 1st Dec. 2021 to 31st Jan. 2022 among 390 mothers admitted in post-partum ward after delivery and fulll the inclusion criteria. Descriptive statistics and Chi-square test were applied for analysis. In the present study, proportion of LBW was 27.4%. LBW percentage was higher among illiterate mothers, mothers engaged in agriculture work, mothers belonged to scheduled caste and lower socio-economic class. LBW percentage was higher among illiterate mothers, mothers engaged in agriculture work and mothers belonged to scheduled caste and lower socio-economic class. The nding of study emphasized on improvement of female education. Higher education status can help in getting better occupation opportunity and in improving the socioeconomic status of the family