INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCE BINA PERMATA MEDIKA D-IV
COURSES MDWIFE EDUCATORS “CONNECTION NUMBER OF FAMILY MEMBERS AND FAMILY ECONOMIC EXTENT OF NUTRITIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES IN TODDLER AT (KAMPUNG MELAYU TIMUR TELUKNAGA TANGERANG) YEAR 2016”. VI chapter, Page 42 ABSTRACT Nutritional circumstances is defined as health circumstances generated by the balance between the needs and input of nutrients. Nutritional circumstances of children may be affected by the Number of Family Members, Family Economic circumstances, Education Mother, Feeding, Parity, and Infectious Diseases. Because at the age of brain growth and development is very rapid. Toddler brain growth can not be optimal if continued malnutrition. As a result of thinking ability is limited (Triaswulan, 2012). This study aims to determine the relationship Number of Family Members and Family Economic Circumstances Nutritional Status Of Toddler at (Kampung Melayu Timur Teluknaga Tangerang) year 2016. This type of research is a kind of analytic research with cross sectional design of the sample, with a sample of 96 were determined by accidental sampling technique. Statistical analysis using chi-square test results showed that the nutritional Circumstances of children less (62.5%), which has a large number of family members (76.0%), which has a middle class family economic Circumstances (85.4%). In the large majority of families (74.0%) occurred in the nutritional Circumstances of children under five years. P value of 0.000 (p <a), which means that statistically there is a significant relationship between the nutritional Circumstances of children with the sheer number of family members, and the nutritional Circumstances of children less than a majority (63.4%) occurred in families with middle and lower economic status. By using Chi Square test at a = 0.05 p value of 0.881 (p> a) which means that statistically there was no significant relationship between the nutritional Circumstances of children with mothers work at (Kampung Melayu Timur Teluknaga Tangerang) year 2016. Expected to be more concerned about the nutritional Circumstances of children because it is important for the future growth and pay more attention to the intake of food consumption according to the nutritional needs of every child under five.
Keywords: Nutritional Circumstances, Number Of Family Members, Work.