Nutritional Vulnerability among Children in Fishermen Households in Indonesia
A Secondary Analysis of SSGI 2024
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https://doi.org/10.62012/gh7hxw76Keywords:
Child Malnutrition, Fishermen Households, Stunting, Underweight, Wasting, SSGI 2024, Indonesia, Public NutritionAbstract
Child malnutrition remains a major public health challenge in Indonesia and may be unequally distributed across household livelihood groups. Fishermen households are an important population group in coastal and island communities, but their children may still experience nutritional vulnerability despite proximity to fishery resources. This study aimed to describe the nutritional status of children under five living in fishermen households in Indonesia using the 2024 Indonesian Nutritional Status Survey (Survei Status Gizi Indonesia, SSGI). This study used a descriptive secondary analysis of aggregated data published in the SSGI 2024 report. The analysis focused on nutritional indicators by occupation of the household head, particularly fishermen households. The indicators included stunting, underweight, severe wasting, wasting, and overweight. Children in fishermen households represented 2.1% of the under-five population reported in the SSGI characteristics table, corresponding to 12,231 children. The prevalence of stunting among children in fishermen households was 28.4%, higher than the national prevalence of 19.8%. Underweight was also higher in fishermen households at 26.6%, compared with the national prevalence of 16.8%. Severe wasting and wasting were 2.6% and 9.9%, respectively, while overweight was 2.1%. These findings indicate that children in fishermen households experience a higher burden of chronic and acute undernutrition than the national average. Nutrition programs should pay greater attention to coastal and fisheries-based households by integrating growth monitoring, dietary improvement, health service access, and household-level nutrition education.
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