The Relationship of Socio-economic Characteristics with Chewing Tobacco Habits of Lactating Mother in Karo District

E. Aritonang, A. Siagian

2018

Abstract

Tobacco-related deaths worldwide are overwhelmingly concerned about 100 million during the 20th and the 21st century if no tobacco consumption prevents. Besides consumed as cigarettes, tobacco is consumed by chewing on some people. The habit of chewing tobacco is mostly done Batak tribe. Chewed tobacco thought to contain nicotine higher than tobacco in cigarettes so effects on chewing tobacco health are worse than tobacco in cigarettes. This study analyzes the relationship of socio-economic characteristics with chewing tobacco habits in breastfeeding mothers in Karo Regency. This research is analytic descriptive with cross sectional study design. The population is all breastfeeding mothers with children 0 - 24 months, and sample 40 people were determined purposively. Socioeconomic characteristics include parity, age and occupational, child's age, sequence of children, and family income. Chi Square test used to analyze relationship of parity, age and work of mother, child age, order of children, and family income with chewing tobacco habit. The results showed that there was a significant correlation between mothers' age and chewing tobacco consumption. There is no significant relationship of parity, toddler age, child sequence, occupational, and family income with chewing tobacco consumption. This means chewing tobacco consumption is not related to socioeconomic characteristics.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Aritonang E. and Siagian A. (2018). The Relationship of Socio-economic Characteristics with Chewing Tobacco Habits of Lactating Mother in Karo District.In Proceedings of the International Conference of Science, Technology, Engineering, Environmental and Ramification Researches - Volume 1: ICOSTEERR, ISBN 978-989-758-449-7, pages 1461-1467. DOI: 10.5220/0010082114611467

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icosteerr18,
author={E. Aritonang and A. Siagian},
title={The Relationship of Socio-economic Characteristics with Chewing Tobacco Habits of Lactating Mother in Karo District},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference of Science, Technology, Engineering, Environmental and Ramification Researches - Volume 1: ICOSTEERR,},
year={2018},
pages={1461-1467},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0010082114611467},
isbn={978-989-758-449-7},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the International Conference of Science, Technology, Engineering, Environmental and Ramification Researches - Volume 1: ICOSTEERR,
TI - The Relationship of Socio-economic Characteristics with Chewing Tobacco Habits of Lactating Mother in Karo District
SN - 978-989-758-449-7
AU - Aritonang E.
AU - Siagian A.
PY - 2018
SP - 1461
EP - 1467
DO - 10.5220/0010082114611467