Gender differences in nutritional status among the adult Meiteis of Cachar district of Assam, India

Authors : A F Gulenur İslam BARBHUİYA, Rekha DAS

Pages : 36-44

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Publication Date : 2014-12-31

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The present paper intends to study the gender differences in nutritional status with reference to age, education and family income. The data have been collected by household census method and nutritional anthropometry among 264 adult Meiteis insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(123 males, and 141 females); of 20 to 79 years age of Cachar District of Assam, India. The study reveals that more than 30 percentage of the populations are suffering from chronic energy deficiency insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(CED); malnutrition insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(males=27.6%, females=33.3%); while more than 7 percentage of the adults are battling with over-nutrition insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(males=8.1%, females=6.4%);. Chi-square test doesn’t show any significant insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(P=0.356); difference in nutritional status between males and females. Although slight positive association exists between body mass index insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(BMI); and age insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(rxy=0.056); but BMI of the adult Meiteis show significant positive association with year of schooling insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(rxy=0.143, P<0.05); and annual family income insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(rxy=0.215, P<0.01);.
Keywords : Adult, sex, age group, educational status, income category