Asosiasi Usia Melahirkan Ibu dan Kemampuan Kognitif pada Anak Usia 8-9 Tahun
Pitaloka Ainun Yasmin, Amelia Maika, S.Sos, MA., M.Sc., Ph.D.
2023 | Skripsi | Sosiologi
Background:
Maternal childbearing age is one of the determinants of children's cognitive development difficulties. Research measuring this association has been conducted throughout the world; however, similar studies examining maternal childbearing age and age-specific child cognitive abilities (8-9 years) is more limited. This study investigated association of maternal's birth age on children's cognitive abilities and differences cognitive abilities between maternal age groups.
Method:
The data used is the fifth wave of the Indonesian Family Life Survey (IFLS) (2015). Research participants were children aged 8-9 years and their mothers (n=4,223). Children's cognitive ability scores are obtained through Raven Colored Progressive Matrices (RCPM). One Way ANOVA used to measure differences in children's cognitive scores based on maternal's age. Linear regression used for multivariate analysis. The regression was divided into two methods by treating maternal childbearing age as a categorical and continuous variable.
Results:
This measurement produces a parabolic pattern. the average cognitive score of children of teenage and normal age mothers was 7.37 points; geriatric pregnancy age of mothers is 7.52 points; and very advanced maternal age is 7.16 points. Every one year increase in the maternal's birth age is associated with a non-significant decrease in the child's cognitive score 0.003 points. The biggest contributors to the slow cognitive development of children in sequence are the mother's education, location of residence, access to information, and the maternal's age at birth.
Conclusion:
Economic disadvantages results give losses in intergenerational cycles. Disadvantaged mothers and child experience more economic losses. Integration of various part is needed at every level of society, including micro community groups at the individual and family level to macro community groups at the state level.
Kata Kunci : Usia Melahirkan Ibu, Kemampuan Kognitif Anak, Anak Usia 8-9 tahun, IFLS-5, dan Ketidakberuntungan Ekonomis