IMPACT OF HOUSEHOLD AMENITIES ON CHILD HEALTH IN RAJASTHAN: AN ANALYSIS.

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An attempt has been made in present study to analyze the impact of safe drinking water, improved sanitation and drainage facility and clean cooking fuel use by households on the infant mortality, under five age group mortality, neo-natal mortality, post-natal mortality, morbidity of diarrhoeas, fever and acute respiratory infection among children. State Rajasthan of India was the area under this study because it lies in the list of BIMARU States. The child health in BIMARU states is most affected than other Indian states. The data used in present study is taken from annual health surveys (AHS) conducted between years 2012-13 and censes of India 2011. The results occurred from this calculation is represented by maps which are prepared by Arc-GIS 9.3 and correlations between all these 11 variables were calculated with the help of SPSS software.Our study suggests that lack of safe drinking water, sanitation and drainage facility increases the risk of infant mortality, under five age group mortality, neo-natal mortality and post natal mortality, morbidity of diarrhoeas, fever and acute respiratory infection among children.

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VIRENDER CHHACHHIYA
GEOGRAPHY DEPT, KUK

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/4576      
DOI URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/4576

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