dc.contributor.author | Cherop, S | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-05-15T11:45:04Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-05-15T11:45:04Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1996 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Cherop, S(1996). Maternal occupation and the nutritional status of mothers and children /' under the age of five years in Msambweni location, Kwale District -Kenya. | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/23184 | |
dc.description | Msc - Thesis | en |
dc.description.abstract | This is a comparative study, which was carried out in
Kwale District, Msambweni division from December 1994 to
September 1995. This study focuses on the maternal
occupation as it influences food consumption patterns, and
hence the nutritional status of both mothers and underfives.
The study compared three groups of' women ie.
business, farmers and housewives. The women were randomly
selected from 54 sub-villages then purposively categorized
into three groups.The findings indicate that there were no
significant differences in the purchasing and eating
patterns of food among mothers and their under-fives within
the three socio-economic groups of mothers i.e., business,
farmers and housewives. The same applied to the mean energy
and protein adequacy intakes per day in the three
categorise taken by both mothers and under-fives. Stunting
was a problem among the under-fives in all the three
groups, and malnutrition rate was higher than the figure
quoted in the Demography Health Study of 1993 survey which
revealed 41% stunted as compared to 47% in this survey.
Children from the business group mothers were worse off
with 55% rate as compared to 45% and 33% for women
categorized as housewives and farmers respectively.
Low maternal education, religious and cultural
practices, feeding patterns, endemic diseases (malaria and
diarrhoea), poor control of income and scarce resources
were identified as some of the constraints towards proper
mother and child nutrition in this community. | en |
dc.description.sponsorship | University of Nairobi | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.subject | Maternal occupation | en |
dc.subject | Nutritional status | en |
dc.subject | Mother and children | en |
dc.subject | Msambweni | en |
dc.subject | Kwale District | en |
dc.subject | Kenya | en |
dc.title | Maternal occupation and the nutritional status of mothers and children under the age of five years in Msambweni location, Kwale District -Kenya. | en |
dc.type | Thesis | en |
local.publisher | Department of Food Science, Nutrition and Technology, University of Nairobi | en |