GASPRO International Journal of Eminent Scholars

The study analyzed the influence of educational and occupational status on the nutritional status of the elderly people in Akwa Ibom State. A correlational survey design was used for this study. The study area is Akwa Ibom State. The population of the study comprised of 59,545 elderly men and women. Multi stage sampling technique was used to have a sample size of 400 elderly men and women in the three Senatorial District in Akwa Ibom State. The measurement for data collection will be structured questionnaire tagged: “Demographic Variables and Elderly Nutritional Status Questionnaire (DVENSQ)“. The instrument passed through face validation by experts. The yielded reliability coefficient of .81 indicates that the internal consistency of the item is highly reliable for the study. The data generated for this study was analyzed using mean score rating and standard deviation. Hypotheses were tested using Pearson product moment correlation analysis at 0.05 level of significant. The study showed that there is no significant influence of educational and occupational status on the nutritional status of the elderly people in Akwa Ibom State. The study concluded that educational and occupational status slightly contributes to the nutritional status of the elderly in Akwa Ibom State. One of the recommendations made was that home scientists should consider all the variables found to have influence on the nutritional status of the elder people while prescribing menu for their health.