Analysis of Risk Factors affecting Stunting at Sub-District Health Center Galesong Takalar Regency

Abstract

Stunting (short) is a linear growth disorder caused by malnutrition of chronic nutrient intake or chronic
or recurrent infectious diseases indicated by a z-score of height by age (TB/U) of less than -2 elementary
school. The purpose of this study is to find out the analysis of risk factors that affect stunting in Sub-District
Health Center Galesong Takalar Regency. The types of research used in this study are stunting case studies
in toddlers as dependent variables whereas the independent variables studied are birth weight, energy intake,
protein intake, age and gender of toddlers, maternal education, number of household members, residential
areas and family economic status. The sample is a baby that has complete data according to the research
variables (nothing is missing). As recorded in Sub-District Health Center Galesong Takalar Regency 2019
using Lemesshow formula N = 298. The results showed that psychosocial stimulation affects stunting
problems with a risk of 33.84 times. These results showed that the four free variables tested found no
correlation with each other, so they were declared free of multicollinearity.