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Spatial and Social Class Variations in Child Deprivation in Madhya Pradesh, India |
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Aalok Ranjan Chaurasia |
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This paper develops a composite child deprivation index to measure child deprivation in Madhya Pradesh and its constituent districts by residence and social class using the data available through the 2001 Population Census. The paper uses the median polish technique to analyse the social class and residence effects of child deprivation. It is observed that children of Scheduled Tribes (STs) in the rural areas of the Madhya Pradesh live in a state of extreme deprivation. It is also observed that both the residence effect and social class effect of child deprivation in the state are quite substantial. The paper argues that the current sectoral approaches of meeting the needs of the children are not adequate enough to address the issue of child deprivation and emphasizes the need for an integrated rights-based approach of meeting the survival, growth, and development needs of the children of the state. |
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