Perceived Causes And Prevention Of Malnutrition Among Primary School Pupils
[A CASE STUDY ILORIN EAST LOCAL GOVERNMENT, KWARA STATE]

CHAPTER FOUR
DATA PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS
Introduction
    The study examined the incidence of Malnutrition among children in Ilorin West Local Government Area of Kwara state. Data collected from two hundred (200) respondents was presented with appropriate tables with the use of frequency counts and percentages while five (5) hypotheses were tested in study with the use of chi – square (x2) statistical method at 0.05 significance level.

Table 1, shows the tables also shows the gender distribution of respondents in which majority 148 (74.0%) are male, while the remaining 52 (26.0%) are female. The table also shows the age distribution of the respondents majority 132 (66.0%) are between the age range 21-40 years, 48 (24.0 %) are between the age range 10-20 years, 18 (09.0%) are between the range 41-60 years, while the remaining 2 (1.0%) are between the age range 61 years & above.
The table also shows the Educational qualification of the respondents in which majority 83 (41.5%) of the respondents are HND/DEGREE holders, 64 (34.0%) of the respondents are NCE/OND holders, 24 (12.0%) of the respondents are School Certificate. The table also shows the remaining 23 (11.5%) of the respondents had other Certificate. The table also shows the religion status of the respondents in which majority 89 (44.5%) of the respondents are Muslim, 79 (39.5%) of the respondents are Christian while the remaining 32 (16.0%) of the respondent are traditional religious. Lastly the tables shows the Occupation of respondents in which majority 104 (17.0%) are Trader, 40 (20.0%) are Civil Servant, 34 (17.0%) are Artisan, while the remaining 22 (11.0%) are has others occupation.