A study On Biosocial characterstics & nutritional status of recently delivered migrant women living in Rewa city of M.P.

Dr.Sanjeev Kumar; Dr. Manish Kumar; Dr.Divya kumari; Dr.Priyeranjan singh

Volume : VIII, Issue : VI, June - 2018

A study On Biosocial characterstics & nutritional status of recently delivered migrant women living in Rewa city of M.P.

Dr. Sanjeev Kumar, Dr. Manish Kumar, Dr. Divya Kumari, Dr. Priyeranjan Singh

Abstract :

Migration is an integral part of population dynamics. According to the National Sample Survey 2007–08, the number of migrant households per 1000 households in India was 33 in urban areas. Two–thirds of the households migrated for employment–related reasons.Migrant population is a disadvantaged section of society. They have low access to government food–security scheme due to nonavailability of their local identity cards. WHO 30 Cluster sampling technique, which is a kind of two stage sampling technique, was used to select the representative population of migrants of Rewa city. Mean age of RDW was found to be 25.62 years. About one–third (29.8%) of RDWs delivered their last child at age less than 21 years which includes about two percent of RDWs who delivered at the age even less than 18 years. Around 10% had weight below 70% of reference value. In the present study, majority of RDWs(68.2%) were in the normal range of BMI ,i.e, 18.5–24.9, while almost a quarter of them were in the range less than 18.5. About one–third of RDWs delivered their last child at age less than 21 years which includes about two percent of RDWs who delivered at the age even less than 18 years.