Implications of Women Education and Infrastructure of Health on Quality of Baby Births in Agricultural and Non Agricultural Regions
Nenny Hendajany (a*); Deden Rizal R (b)
a, b) Economics, Universitas Sangga Buana, Jalan PHh Mustafa No 68 Bandung
* neni.hendajany[at]usbypkp.ac.id
Abstract
Demographic bonus will be a demographic disaster if the quality of human resources is not well prepared. One of the problems that can hamper the preparation of quality human resources is the problem of stunting. One of the causes of stunting is a baby born with Low Birth Weight (LBW). Other dominant factors are environmental factors such as infection conditions related to cleanliness and lifestyle. Concern for this factor is certainly inseparable from the level of education of mothers and facilities that support a healthy lifestyle/quality. West Java was taken as the object of research because it is a large province but has a stunting rate approaching 30%. The data used are secondary data with the object district/city in West Java for three years. Panel data methods, fixed effects, random effects and pooling are performed to be compared with each other. The results of the study show that agricultural areas have a greater LBW than non-agricultural regions in the 2013-2015 period. The results of regression analysis with pooling showed a significant influence on the level of maternal education, coverage of medical services and access to clean water with the number of babies- birth with LBW in West Java.
Keywords: Low Birth Weight, stunting, mother education, infrastructure of health
Topic: Development Studies