Child Deprivation in India: Evidence from Rapid Survey of Children 2013–2014

Aalok Ranjan Chaurasia

Indian Journal of Human Development, 2016, vol. 10, issue 2, 191-214

Abstract: This article uses the latest data available through the Rapid Survey of Children 2013–2014 to measure and analyze child deprivation in India through a multidimensional perspective. The analysis reveals that child deprivation in India and in its constituent states remains quite pervasive despite all policy-level commitments to promote child well-being and there is substantial variation in child deprivation across states. Moreover, child deprivation varies markedly by domains of child well-being throughout the country and residence and social class inequalities in child deprivation in some of the domains are very strong. The analysis suggests that a decentralized approach needs to be adopted to address issues and concerns related to child well-being in the country.

Keywords: Child rights; child well-being; child deprivation; deprivation inequality; India (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1177/0973703016659724

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