Factors Related to School Readiness in Children: A Cross-Sectional Analytic Study of Elementary School Children in Manado

Lydia Wangke; Gregory Joey; Nurhayati Masloman; Hesti Lestari

doi:10.3889/oamjms.2021.7294

Authors

Lydia Wangke Department of Pediatrics
Gregory Joey Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Sam Ratulangi University, Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1308-4624
Nurhayati Masloman Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Sam Ratulangi University, Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia
Hesti Lestari Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Sam Ratulangi University, Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2021.7294

Keywords:

School readiness, Stunted, Education, Socio-economic, Preschool

Abstract

Objectives

School readiness is an overall condition of someone which makes him/her ready to give response or answer in a certain way to various situations. This study aims to determine the factors related to school readiness.

Methods

This is an analytic observational study with cross-sectional design, conducted at 4 elementary schools in Malalayang district, Manado, Indonesia between August – November 2018 (n=150). The significant value used is p <0.01. Data wasanalyzed using SPSS for Windows version 23.

Results

Of 150 subjects there were 109 children who were ready for school and 41 children who were not ready for school. Of the five factors studied, it was found that stunted affected school readiness (OR 21.6; 95% CI: 6.68-70.32, p<0.000), maternal education status affected school readiness (OR 4.1; 95% CI: 1.75-9.63, p<0.001), socio-economic status affects school readiness (OR 5.1; 95% CI: 2.35-11.11, p<0.000), and preschool affect school readiness (OR 6.8; 95% CI: 3.1-14.9, p<0.0001). In multivariate analysis, there were three factors that had an association with school readiness, namely height, preschool participation and socioeconomic status (OR 34.4; 95% CI: 7.19-166.6, p<0.001, OR 6.5; 95% CI: 2.28-18.55 p<0.0001, OR 4.8l; 95% CI: 1.59-14.92 respectively).

Conclusion

There were associations between height, maternal education status, socio-economic status and participation in preschool with school readiness. There was no association observed between the employment status of mothers and school readiness. Height of the children was strongly associated with school readiness.

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