• Vandana Goyal
• Dr Nimali Singh
• Dr Deepak Kumar Gupta

Introduction: Sustainable Developmental Goal 3 aims to reduce the under-five mortality to as low as 25 per 1,000 live births. Low birth weight is among the major determinant of perinatal and infant mortality and morbidity and is also a leading cause for the global burden of diseases (Risnes et al., 2011; Forouzanfar et al., 2016). The correlation between socioeconomic status (Martinson & Reichman, 2016), maternal education (Rahman et al., 2016) and maternal anemia (Haider et al., 2013) with low birth weight is well recognized. Aim: The present study was done in Jaipur City to study the role of maternal nutrition, education and socioeconomic status on birth weight of children. Methodology: Three hundred and thirty seven infant and mother duos were selected based on a baseline survey at vaccination centre of JK Lon Hospital Jaipur. An interview schedule was developed and pre tested to collect information from the women under study. Results: The average age of mothers was 27.3± 4.8 years. The mean gestational weight gain and mean Hb status across SES was observed to be 5.11±4.29 kg low SES, 7.96±4.39 kg middle SES, 12.22±5.76 kg high SES and 9.64±2.0 g/dl, 10.43±1.8 g/dl, 11.37±1.7 in low, middle and high SES. The birth weight also followed similar increasing trend with 2.41±0.62 kg in low, 2.70±0.61 kg in mid and 2.84±0.53 kg in high SES. The birth weight in both the genders were significantly associated with the maternal health parameters like their gestational weight gain, hemoglobin levels, maternal education, ordinal position of the child and also the socio economic status at (p<0.001). Conclusion: The birth weight of the infants depends on not only the nutritional status of the mother, but is also related to her education and socioeconomic status.

Maternal Nutrition, Infant and Young Child Feeding, Birth Weight, Anemia, Gestational weight, Socioeconomic Status

"Relationship of Maternal Nutrition, Education, Ordinal Position and Socioeconomic Status with Birth Weight of Young Children", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.294-298, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907Q89.pdf

"Relationship of Maternal Nutrition, Education, Ordinal Position and Socioeconomic Status with Birth Weight of Young Children", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp294-298, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907Q89.pdf