The Influence of Education Level and Occupation of Pregnant Women to the use of Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Handbook

Abstract

Abstract Objective : To investigate the relationship between education level and occupation of pregnant women with MCH handbook utilization at the Pekauman Public Health Center of Banjarmasin in July–August 2018. Methods : The method that was used is analytical observational research with cross-sectional design. The number of research sample is 50 people with systematic random sampling techniques, and data were analyzed by chi-square statistical tests. Results : The majority of respondents were34 pregnant women (68%) with low education level, and36 pregnant women (72%) were unemployed. There were 36 pregnant women (72%) with ineffective MCH handbook utilization. The statistical result between education level of pregnant women with MCH handbook utilization is p-value = 0.005 (p < 0.05) and between occupation of pregnant woman with MCHhandbook utilization is p-value = 0.001 (p <0.05). Conclusions : There a signifi cant relationship of education leveland occupation of pregnant women with MCH handbook utilization at the Pekauman Public Health Center of Banjarmasin in July-August 2018.