Aisha Iftikhar|Attiya Bari|Iqbal Bano|Qaisar Masood
Impact of maternal education, employment and family size on nutritional status of children
determine impact maternal education employment family size nutritional status childrenit case control study conducted opd children hospital lahore september 2015 april 2017 total 340 children 170 cases 170 controls age range six months five years along mothers included anthropometric measurements plotted growth charts 170 wasted 2 sd matched 170 controls 2 sd maternal education employment family size compared cases control confounding variables noted dichotomized univariate analysis carried factors consideration ie maternal education employment family size study association factor logistic regression analysis applied study independent associationmaternal education significant association growth parameters 132 confidence interval ci 11 1623 employment status mothers 1132 insignificant confidence interval ci0725 1768 family size one insignificant confidence interval ci08 121 association remained applying bivariate logistic regression analysismaternal education definite significant effect nutritional status children key factor addressed prevention improvement childhood malnutrition imperative launch sustainable programs national regional level uplift women educational status combat ever increasing burden malnutrition