Maternal determinants of low birth weight among Indian children: Evidence from the National Family Health Survey-4, 2015-16

• Published in: PloS one 2020-12, Vol.15 (12), p.e0244562-e0244562
• Main Authors: Zaveri, Ankita, Paul, Pintu, Saha, Jay, Barman, Bikash, Chouhan, Pradip
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Anemia; Babies; Biology and Life Sciences; Birth weight; Birth weight, Low; Births; Chi-square test; Child mortality; Childbirth & labor; Children; Children & youth; Complications; Cross-Sectional Studies; Demographic aspects; Demographics; Developing countries; Dietary supplements; Drawing and ironing; Educational Status; Families & family life; Female; Food; Food and nutrition; Forecasts and trends; Health care facilities; Health risks; Health Surveys; Humans; India - epidemiology; Infant, Low Birth Weight; Infant, Newborn; Influence; Iron; LDCs; Logistic Models; Low birth weight; Maternal child nursing; Maternal Health Services; Medicine and Health Sciences; Middle Aged; Mothers; Newborn babies; Nutrition; Nutrition Assessment; Nutritional status; People and Places; Polls & surveys; Pregnancy; Pregnancy complications; Pregnancy Complications - epidemiology; Pregnant women; Public health; Regression analysis; Risk factors; Sampling techniques; Sociodemographics; Socioeconomic Factors; Statistical tests; Stillbirth - epidemiology; Syrup; Syrups; Tabulation; Underweight; Variables; Weight; Womens health; Young Adult
• ISSN: 1932-6203; 1932-6203
• DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0244562

Low birth weight (LBW) is a serious public health problem in low- and middle-income countries and a leading cause of death in the first month of life. In India, about 18% of children are born with LBW (