Aiming at the total 200 pregnant women including 150 ones registered with the Health Center of Chung Ku District and 50 ones registered with the Health Center of Mapo District, we have conducted a research study of the socio-medical characteristics, maternal child health, and the status of nutritional intake which has utilized the application of convenient method for the study of nutritional status, during the period of April 20 to May 25, 1983. And we have obtained the following conclusions:
1. Regarding age distribution, the pregnant women aged from 26 to 30 were most numerous, which was 54.0%. The percentage of women who experienced the first pregnancy was 12.0% and the percentage of those who experienced the second pregnancy was 37.0%, which was the highest. Regarding the weeks of pregnancy of the pregnant women, the first trimesterr was 11.59o, the second trimester 30.0%, and the third ´trimester 58.6%.
2. Regarding academic achievements, the pregnant women who graduated from middle schools reached 43.596, which was the highest percentage. Regarding economic status, the pregnant women who owned their own houses were only 21.0%. And the pregnant. women whose monthly income was from 300, 000 won to 400, 000 won were _0%, which was the most numerous.
3. The women above 15 years old who experienced the first menstruation were 84.0%. And those who experienced abortion were totally 54. ^%, and 35. 5q among: those women experienced artificial abortion.
4. 70.5% of the pregnant ~h-omen said that their health condition was excellent, 24,5% felt subjective complaints, and 5.0% specially received medical consultation!, for their diseases.
5. 82.0% received prenatal care, but 60. 5% regularly received prenatal care. 68. 0% received the education for nutrition and only 19.5% regularly received thel duration for. nutrition.
6. Regarding the family composition, the families consisting of two´, enerations were 47.0x, which was the most numerous. 97.5% of the preparation for r, I Is was conducted by housewives. They said that they did not lack time for meal preparation.
7. 94.90 of the pregnant women said that they had eaten as in ordzinary times during their pregnancy. 25.5% said that there were- tabooed foods. Tabooed foods are chiefly pork,. chicken, milk, and eggs. 68.0% don´t drink milk during pregnancy,´´ 32.5% take the intake of vitamins, and 20.5% take iron supplement.
8. The average amounts of the intake of protein, fat, and carbohydrate of a pregnant women are 49.3gm, 29.4gm, and 205. lgm respectively, which showed the phenomenon in which the amount of the intake of nutrition increased as the weeks of pregnancy increased. The average amount of the intake of salt was 14.2gm.
9. Regarding the hemoglobin value of all pregnant women, those whose homoglobin value was less than 11.Ogm were 66.5%, those whose hemoglobin value Was 11 to 12 gm were 16.5%, and those whose hemoglobin value was above 12gm were 1´7.0%. The pregnant women whose hemoglobin value was less than II.Ogm in the first trimester of pregnancy, in the second trimester, and in the trimester were 81.80, 62.8%, and 64.9% respectively. This shows that the phenomenon of anemia increased as the weeks´df pregnancy increased
10. Regarding physical development of a pregnant woman during prenatal period, the height and weight were 156.7cm14. 1 and 51. lkg58 respectively. When ´´the standard increase of a prenatal weigt gain is set as 100%, the women over the range of 100% were 28.0o and the women under the range of 80% were 37.0%.
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