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Karnataka State Consultation

SDA-RF-CH-1A.18

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Table of Contents
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Introduction

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- Children in Karnataka

Situation of Children in Karnataka
An assessment

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July 2001

- Human Development Indicators


The economic environment



Right to Survival



Birth Registration



Right to Nutrition



Immunization Coverage



Right to Education



Child Labour



Right to Water



Inequalities
- Position of Children belonging to SC - ST
communities
- Position of Women



Balance Sheet of Social Development
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Introduction

Children in Karnataka

Two objectives:

• Total population

52.7 million in 2001
Average annual population
growth rate

• To assess the situation of children in Karnataka

(%)

• To report on some of the latest data available - particularly NFHS-2 1998-99,
MICS 2000 and Census 2001
What some key indicators reveal about:
• Where Karnataka stands vis-a-vis national averages

1981-1991

2.0

1991-2001

1.6

• Children aged 0 to 6 years: 6.8 million in 2001

• Where Karnataka stands vis-a-vis southern states

Declined from 7.5 million in 1991
- 13% of state population in 2001

• Where progress has been impressive and where it has not

- Second-largest child population In South India

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Sourc9 Census of inote 2001

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Children in Karnataka

Human Development Indicators

Population in the 0-14 year age group expected to stabilize at around
15 million over the next 15 years

Key Human Development Indicators in South Indian States
Uteracy rate,
population 7*
CH)
2001

% below
Poverty Une
(1999-00)

5

6

56

67

20

T5.889

62

66

61

16

13,853

32

73.1

14

91

13

17,756

Tamil Nadu

62

63.7

52

73

21

17,525

India

1.027

60.7

70

65

26

14,712

Population
(millions)
2001

Uta
Expectancy
al birth
(1992-96)

2

3

Karnataka

53

62.9

Andhra Pradesh

76

Kerala

Projected population 0-14 years in Karnataka: 2001-2016
20

16.7

15

rA"

15.5

15.1

15.3

I 10
5

0 ------2001

2011

Source PopUation Projecticnt lor India i States 1996-2016. Re^strar General. India

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IMR
(1999)

Per capita
SOP at
current pnces
(1998-99)

2016

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Source Columns (2) and (5) are irom Census 2001 Columns 13) and (4) are Irom SRS 1999 & 2000. Column (6) is Irom Planning
Commission 2001 IWeo sitei Column 7 is Irom Economic Survey 2001 (Web site)

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Human Development Indicators

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Kay Human Davatopmant Indicator*In South Indian Status: Uala-Fumaia diffaruntials
Life Expectancy at birth
' 1992-96)

IMP
'1997)

Male

Female

Male

Female

Karnataka

61.1

64.5

51

54

Andhra Pradesh

60.8

63

64

62

Keraia

70.2

75.8

12

13

Tamil Nadu

62.8

64.8

48

57

India

60.1

61.4

70

72












Scurct Sample Registration System 1999

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Introduction
- Children in Karnataka
- Human Development Indicators
The economic environment
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Right to Survival
Birth Registration
Right to Nutrition
Immunization Coverage
Right to Education
Child Labour
Right to Water
Inequalities
- Position of Children belonging to SC - ST
communities
- Position of Women
Balance Sheet of Social Development
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Economic environment

Economic environment

Slowing down in growth rate of per capita income in Karnataka
20% of the population lived below the poverty line in 1999-00
• over time
• relative to other states
Population below poverty line (%)
Slower than:
Annual rata of growth of par capita SOP (%)
1983-84 to
<993-94

1993-94 to
1997-98

Karnataka

3.76

3.42

Average for 14 states

3 16

3.87








Gujarat
Kerala
Manarashtra
Rajasthan
Tamil Nadu
West Bengal

Faster than:





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Andhra Pradesh
Haryana
Madhya Pradesh
Orissa
Punjab
Uttar Pradesh
9

1993-94

1999-00

Karnataka

33

20

Andhra Pradesh

22

16

Kerala

25

13

Tamil Nadu

35

21

India

36

26

Note: Estimates for the two years are not comparable.
Source Planning Commission 2001 thUpv/planningcommission nic in/press nim)

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Economic environment

Economic environment

Per capita plan expenditure has been relatively high in Karnataka

30% of plan expenditures is allocated to the social sectors

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Per capita plan expendture in selected states: 1997-98

1000

800

II

600

400

200

0

396

West
Bengal

Andhra
Pradesh

Tamil Nadu

Gojarat

Source Mid Term Appraise pt 9th Ftv /ear Pf^n. Planning Cpenmazion 2000

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Karnataka

50

906

I
1o

s*

Social sector expendture as proportion of total plan expendture
in selected states (%): 1997-98
47

38

40
30
30

24
20

10

0

18

■I 1i
Bihar

Kerala

11

Kerala

Andhra
Pradesh

Karnataka Tamil Nadu

Sourco Mid Term Appraisal o/ Sth Five Year Plan. Pfenning Commission 2000

Assam

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Right to Survival
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Infant Mortality Rates

Introduction
IMR m Karnataka is 58

- Children in Karnataka
- Human Development Indicators

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The economic environment
Right to Survival



Birth Registration



Right to Nutrition



Immunization Coverage



Right to Education



Child Labour



Right to Water



Inequalities

Infant Mortality Rates in selected states 1999

i

* 80

I

52

52

53

Tamil Nadu

West
Bengal

Punjab

40

I

- Position of Women

14

0
Kerala

I II
58

Karnataka

66

Andhra
Pradesh

India

Source: Sample Registration System 2000

Balance Sheet of Social Development
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60

s
s 20

- Position of Children belonging to SC - ST
communities


100

14

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Right to Survival

Right to Survival

Striking differential between rural and urban IMR

After Kerala, Karnataka reports the lowest urban IMR in the country

Differential has increased over time
IMR in Karnataka: 1990-99
Rural-Urban Differential in IMR

1990

1999

80

69

I

Rural

100 -

Urban;
80

87

fin

82



79

Ta—
69

Rural IMR

Urban IMR

Rural / Urban IMR ratio

Source Sample Registration System. !999 4 2000

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39

2

Ia

24

50
39

47

25
1990 1991

3

15

41

63

1992

Source Sample Registration System 2000

63

70

69

*'50
42

1993

1994 1995

!4

1996 1997

25

24

1998 1999

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Birth Registration
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Approximately half of all births are registered in Karnataka

Introduction
- Children in Karnataka
- Human Development Indicators

Birth Registration in selected states

The economic environment
Right to Survival_________________

too -

Birth Registration_________________

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Right to Nutrition
Immunization Coverage
Child Labour

I 8?

Right to Water

89

Punjab

Kerala

51

i

Right to Education

89
69
32

35

Andhra
Pradesh

hdia

2
0 :

Inequalities

Bihar

- Position of Children belonging to SC - ST
communities
a

Karnataka TamlNadu

Source. MICS 2000. UNICEF India

- Position of Women
Balance Sheet of Social Development
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Right to Nutrition
Almost 45% of children under age 3 years are moderately to severely
malnourished in Karnataka

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Introduction
- Children in Karnataka
- Human Development Indicators
The economic environment
Right to Survival
Birth Registration________________
Right to Nutrition
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Immunization Coverage
Right to Education
Child Labour
Right to Water
Inequalities
- Position of Children belonging to SC - ST
communities
- Position of Women
Balance Sheet of Social Development

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is

i

50 -

44

40 i
30 -

37

38

Taml Nadu

Andhra
Pradesh

45

47

49

-

27

20 10 ■
0
Kerala

Karnataka

Gujarat

hdia

West
Bengal

Source. NFHS-2 1998-99

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Malnutrition in selected states

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Right to Nutrition

Right to Nutrition

Progress in reducing malnutrition has been relatively good

Proportion of Low Birth Weight babies is 18

More than:
Chuige in Level of Child Malnutrition

1992-93
Karnataka

54

India

53

1998-99

% reduction
in
malnutntion
10

47

Low Birth Weight Incidence in South Indian states

• Gujarat
• Haryana
• Kerala
• Madhya Pradesh
• Maharashtra
• Rajasthan
• Uttar Pradesh
• West Bengal

f
§§

0
Kerala

Karnataka

India

Andhra
Pradesh

Source MICS -2000 UNICEF India

• Andhra Pradesh
• Punjab
• Tamil Nadu

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15

5

<r
Less than:

Sourct: NFHS 1 4 2. 1992-93 4 1998-99

25 -

S

21

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Right to Nutrition

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71% of children between 6 to 35 months of age are anaemic

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Children with Anaemia in South Indian states

I .00.
f 80 n

I

i

aS

60 -I

69

71

72

74

|

44

40 -






20

0 4Kerala

Tamil Nadu

Karnataka

Andhra
Pradesh

India

Source: NFHS-2. 1998-99


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Introduction
- Children in Karnataka
- Human Development Indicators
The economic environment
Right to Survival
Birth Registration
Right to Nutrition_______________
Immunization Coverage_________
Right to Education
Child Labour
Right to Water
Inequalities
- Position of Children belonging to SC - ST
communities
- Position of Women
Balance Sheet of Social Development
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Immunization Coverage

Immunization Coverage

60% of children aged 12-23 months were fully immunized in 1998-99

Progress in expanding immunization coverage has been slow

Change in Level of Immunization Coverage
1992-93

1998-99

(%)

% point
increase

Karnataka

52

60

8

Andhra Pradesh

45

59

14

Kerala

54

80

25

Maharashtra

64

78

14

Immunization Coverage Rates in selected states

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i,

r
aS

(%)

100 ■

78

so 53

60-

59

80

89

60

42
40 -

20 ,
0

11

: n
IHmi

bMia.

Andhra

KtniU

I *nid

Pnaik*ii

Tamil Nadu

65

89

24

West Bengal

. 34

44

10

India

35

42

7

Source NFHS- Z1998-99

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Right to Education

Right to Education

Male-female literacy differentials persist, but have narrowed over
the past decade

Inter-district female literacy differentials are high

F9m^l9 litvrtcy ratia in atWecfed districta: Karnataka 2001

Male-Female differential in Literacy rates: Karnataka
1991

(%)

(%)

67

76

Female

44

57

Difference

23

19

77

DaAsnmaKannada C

2001

Male

79

Bangalore Urban

J 74

Udupi C

57

Tumkur £

J56

Mysore

350

Bid ar

346

Bail ary

41

Koopai
Gulbarga

338

Raichur

J37
0

Source Ctnsui 0/ India. 2001

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There is a
42 point differential
between the highest
and lowest district
level female literacy
rates

]57

Karnataxa

Sourct Cenaua 0/ India. 2001

20

40
60
% literate females (7*1

80

100

30

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Right to Education

Karnataka
Male Literacy Rate:
76%

Right to Education

Karnataka
Female Literacy
Rate: 57%

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Right to Education

Right to Education

Primary school completion rates (6+):

School Attendance rates


75% for boys and 68% for girls between 6-17 years of age

Primary School Completion in South Indian states (7o)

B Females

I! 75' rC 64
°h
74

to

Q-

^2 Q. o

ir

51

,68

X<| unr XI-U.S 2. 199/1-99

Sourca. NFHS 1 i 2. 1992-93 i !998-99

Si

64

Taml Nadu

Karnataka

India

tM

100 -J

ii

11 >.

Kerala

UNICEF

School Attendance rates in South Indian states

□ Males

100 -

P

I!

75

50

25

3? o

0

91 91
—83 77

Kerala

Andhra
FYadesh

Source NFHS-2, 1998-99

33

Taml Nadu

78

India

□ Male
■ Female
75

68

74



Karnataka

Andhra
FYadesh

34

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Right to Education

Right to Education
Expenditure on education as proportion of SDP has not risen over
the past decade

Top three reasons for dropping out of school cited by mothers:

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Reasons for dropping out of school (% children 5-14 years)*
Expendrture on Education as % of Gross SDP

F

____

Child not interested

63

41

51

Child busy with household work

22

49

37

5

v>

Child busy with wage labour

38

27

<3

32

o 2

3*

Over 50% of children dropped out because they did not find school interesting


Almost 50% of girls who dropped out did so because they were busy with household work

Hill
3.0
3.0

0_

m

o

1990-91



Approximately 40% of boys and 30% of girls dropped out because they were busy with
wage labour

"MulUpie responses permKt^d

UNICEF

Source. MICS 2000 UNICEF inaa

1991-92

3-2

1992-93

32

1993-94

3.1

1994-95

3.2

3.2

:■ J
1995-96

1996-97

Source Govt of Karnataka. Finance Dept cited in Karnataka Human Development
Report

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36

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Child Labour

Table of Contents

6% of children aged 5 to 14 years in Karnataka work as child
labourers

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20 ,

I]

3!

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o . _ isaa
Kerala

India

Karnataka

Taml Nadu

Andhra
Pradesh



Source: MICS 2000. UNICEF India
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Introduction
- Children in Karnataka
- Human Development Indicators
• The economic environment
• Right to Survival
• Birth Registration
• Right to Nutrition
• Immunization Coverage
• Right to Education
• Child Labour_________________
iw Right to Water
Inequalities
- Position of Children belonging to SC - ST
communities
- Position of Women
Balance Sheet of Social Development
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Right to Water

Right to Water

Almost 60% of households have access to drinking water within 15
minutes of their homes

Households with a source of drinking water within the premises:

Rural-Urban dfferential in access to water (%): selected states

Access to Drinking Water in South Indian States

2

Li

80 ■

hi
60
?S

i ft 40 .

Is 20 i

18

£

I

100 •

i8

66

51
39

0 Andhra
Pradesh

I!

Taml Nadu

India

56

Karnataka

0

p1

Kerala

a?

too

so
60

40

20

o

□ Rural
■ Uroan

Inhl
Tamil Nadu

Source: MICS 2000. UNICEF India

Andhra
Pradesh

India

Karnataka

Kerala

Sourca MCS 2000. UNICEFIndia

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Sanitation

Sanitation
Striking rural-urban differential in the usage of toilet facilities:

36% of households in Karnataka use a toilet or latrine facility

Rural-Urban dfferential in toilet facility usage (%): selected states
Households using toilet facility in selected states (*/»)

100

i

I
f

88

100

80
60

40

2 20
o?

0

n
34

Andhra
Pradesh

I
47
36

37

India

■ Urban

I

Tamil Nabu

Manarashlra

811

94

H rI

Si

40

17

17

.II 0

20

80

90

I JjLiLl
75

74

ao

i 60

38

i
Karnaiaka

□ Rural

rd

Kerala

Source MICS 2000. UNICEF Inam

Karnataka

Andhra
Pradesh

India

Tamil Nadu Maharashtra

Kerala

Source MlCS 2000. UNICEF India

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Position of SC/ ST Communities
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Introduction
- Children in Karnataka
- Human Development Indicators

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The economic environment



Right to Survival



Birth Registration



Right to Nutrition



Immunization Coverage



Right to Education



Child Labour

Estimated Population (millions)

2

9

Birth Registration (%)
Non-enrollment in school (%)

56
16

School Drop-out rate (%)


Right to Water____________________
iw Inequalities _____________

Children working outside the home (%)

- Position of Children belonging to SC - ST
communities

42

9

51

16

10

13

10

10

6

- Position of Women


Balance Sheet of Social Development
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Source Census 2001. Economic Survey 1999-00. MICS 2000 UNICEF InOia

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Position of Women

Position of Women

District-level sex ratio in Karnataka:

There is considerable variation in sex ratio across districts

Karnataka
Sex Ratio: 964



Sex ratio in Udupi is higher than in Kerala



Sex ratio in Bangalore is lower than in Bihar
Inter-districtdifferentials in sex ratio
Bangalore UrDan £

§

I
[1

]906

Ha\eo

] 942

Bijapur [

]948

Lowest: 906

>

] 948

BiOar

I o Dakshma Kannaoa F

Highest: 1127
Range: 221 points

] 1023
3 1127

Udupi
300

600

SOO

1200

Females D« 1000 males

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Position of Women

Position of Women

Child sex ratio (0-6 years) has declined

61% of girls in Karnataka are married by the age of 18



Females per 1000 males:

1991
2001

28% are married by the time they are 15 years of age
Another 33% are married between 15 to 18 years of age

960
949

too 80

1 60 J
3

j

Marriage among girls below 18 years
□ 15-18

80

IgBy age 15|

31

65

31
40

20

61

33

42

27

Fl

30

4
2B

0
Andhra
Pradesh

India

Karnataka

Tamil Nadu

Kerala

Source: NFHS-2. 1998-99

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Position of Women

Position of Women

Freedom of movement:


Control over own health care:

66% of women in Karnataka need permission to visit friends or relatives



Less than 50% of women in Karnataka are involved in decision-making about
their own health care

Woman's frttlom of movomant in South Indian states
Women's decisionmaking about own healthcare in South Indian states
100 ,

I1r'

85

80 -

76

66

h

62

80

iij
* ? 5£

44

40 •

100 •
80

73
61

60

56

52

49

40

20

4. «
Andhra
Pradesh

India

Karnataka

Kerala

5

Tamil Nadu

20

Kerala

Source NFHS-2. 1998-93

Tami Nadu

Andhra Pradesh

India

Karnaiaka
Source: NFHS-2 1998-99

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HIV-AIDS Awareness

HIV-AIDS Awareness

High HIV-prevalence has been noted in 10 districts in Karnataka











58% of married women in Karnataka have heard about AIDS

Bangalore
Mysore
Dharwad
Bellary
Belgaum
Gulbarga
Dakshin Kannada
Udupi
Bijapur
Chamrajnagar

Proportion of married women who have heard about AIDS in selected states
2

100 1

b
I 75
B'S

II>>

55

50 25

o3?
0

1

58

40

87

87

Kerata

Tamil Nadu

61

•s

12

: n
Bihar

India

Andhra

Karnataka

Maharashtra

Pradesh
Source NFHS-Z 1998-99
H-gn "IV P>«v3Knc< [
Source National AIDS Control OrgMuration.HIV Sentmal SuntnUanco Rouna 2000 (http .Vwww naconic ml)

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Illustrative Balance Sheet

Illustrative Balance Sheet

.;•
Populationgrowth, Sex ratio. Birth registration
• Decadal population growth rate was 1.59%
(1991-00)
• Sex ratio rose from 960 (1991) to 964 (2001)
• Over 50% of births are registered as compared
to a national average of 35%

Health & Nutrition

• Child sex ratio (0-6 years) fell from 960 in 1991
to 949 in 2001

Child Survival
• Significant reduction in urban IMR
• Second lowest urban IMR (24) amongst the 16
larger states

• Highest incidence of moderate to severe child
malnutrition in South India (44%)
• Immunization coverage is only 60%
• Progress in immunization coverage has been
relatively slow: from 52% in 1992-93 to 60% in
1998-99

Source. NFHS 7 4 2. Consul oi Inaa 2007. MICS 2000. Planning Commission. Karnataka HDR

UNICEF

• Only 34% of children with diarrhoea were given
ORS treatment, according to an NFHS -2
• 42% of women under age 50 have anaemia
• 71 % of children under age 3 are anaemic

Education

• Slow average annual rate of reduction
• Persistent and widening rural-urban differentials
- rural IMR was 3 times urban IMR in 1999
• Stagnation in rural IMR

Health & Nutrition
• Proportion of low birth weight babies is 17.5 second only to Kerala amongst the larger states
• Relatively encouraging progress in reducing
child malnutrition

• Continued breastfeeding of children at age 1
year is 82%
• 57% of children receive complimentary food in a
timely manner as compared to 44% nationally

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• Between 1961 - 2001 literacy rate more than
doubled from 30% to 67%
• Primary enrollment for girls has increased at a
much faster pace than for boys
• Between 1968-97 the number of pnmary schools
went up from 32,219 to 46,900

• Slow progress in spread of literacy
• Strong male-female differential in literacy
persists
• School attendance rates are amongst the lowest
in South India and lower than the national
average
• In 1996, close to 28% of children were out of
school
• 6% of children aged 5 to 14 years were child
labourers - higher than the national average.
Almost 60% of children who worked outside the
home dropped out of school

Source NFHS 7 4 2. Consul ol India 2001. MICS 2000. Planning Commission. Karnataka HOR

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Illustrative Balance Sheet

ECD
• Highest rate of ECD enrollment (64%) in South
India
• Second-highest amongst the bigger states

Position of Women
* Third lowest female (MR in India (56)
* Rural female work participation rate is 330 as
compared to 128 in Kerala and 75 in West
Bengal
• About 60% of women can leave home without
permission to visit friends, as compared to only
44% in Tamil Nadu
• Almost 70% of women have access to money in
the household
* Active political participation by women in local
governing bodies
• Women-organized thrift and credit groups and
SHGs are active

• Sex ratio is the lowest in South India (964)
• High proportion of girls are married by the age of
18 years (61%)

Saurct. NFHS1 A2. Census of Indi9 2001. MICS 2000 Planning Commission Karnataka HOP

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