Correlation Between Ante Natal Care and Low Birth Weight in Indonesia

Abstract

This research was conducted to see whether there is a correlation between ante natal care and low birth weight. The study was conducted on secondary data using a cross sectional design. The results of the study show that: 1. Respondents who gave birth to infants with a status not below 2500 grams 24,585 babies (94.2%) and those who gave birth with LBW status were 1527 infants (5.8%). Respondents who visited ANC were compliant with 23,013 mothers (88.1%), while respondents who did ANC were not complied with 3,099 mothers (11.9%). It can be concluded that the difference in pregnant women who do not perform ANC at least 4 meetings has a LBW percentage greater than 1%. 2. There is a significant and unidirectional relationship between the compliance of ANC visits of pregnant women with LBW events in Indonesia from the 2013 RISKESDAS data.