Faktor Yang Mempengaruhi Pertambahan Berat Badan Balita di Posyandu Meranti Kelurahan Tamarundung Kota Palopo

Abstract

This study aims to determine Factors That Influence Toddlers Weight Gain at Posyandu Meranti Tamarundung Village Palopo City.This study is a survey research with analytic study,population in this study were all mothers with toddler at Posyandu Meranti Tamarundung Village many as 114 people.The sampling using purposive sampling,obtained 60 respondents that cross sectional appropriate the inclusion criteria. Collecting data using questionnaires, the data that has been collcted then processed and analyzed by a computer using microsoft exel program and statistical program (SPSS) version 17,0. Data analysis includes univariate analysis and bivariate analysis.The results of bivariate analysis founds that there was influence of mother knowledge on toddlers weight gain, where r count (0,258)>r table (0,252), there was influence of mother education on toddlers weight gain, where r count (0,342)>r table (0,252), and there was no influence of maternal employment on toddlers weight gain, where r count (0,095)<r table (0,252).The result of this study are there was influence of mother knowledge, mother education to toddler weight gain and there was not influence of mother employment to toddler weight gain at Posyandu Meranti.