A study on the relationship of birth order and child nutritional status from the Fifth District of Manila

• Main Authors: Agutaya, Xavierra C., Mereria, Jennifer S., Rondina, Dawn L.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 1995
• Subjects: Birth order; Children > Growth; Child development; Children > Nutrition > Psychological aspects; Nutrition > Evaluation; Health status indicators; x5 Nutritional status measurement; Psychology
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/6382
• Institution: De La Salle University

The present study investigates the possible relationship between birth order and child nutritional status. Anthropometic measures were taken to help assess the current nutritional situation prevalent among preschoolers. Ninety-one preschoolers from Rosario Reyes Playschool was employed as subjects for the study. Twenty-two of them were first-borns, twenty-nine were middle-borns and forty were last-borns. They were brought to the nearby health center where they were measured for height and weight. The weight-for-age measurement was obtained and plotted against the Water flow Classification Scheme. Results showed that from the 91 subjects that were employed a total number of 23 are suffering from over nourishment 5 are suffering from mild malnourishment and the remaining 63 are nutritionally healthy. T-test of significant difference was used and results showed that 29 pairs of means were found to have no significant differences while 7 pairs were found to have significant differences.