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Sathyanarayan et a1.,1990; Booth and Vena,1992; Kapoor and Aneja,1992. Sankar et<br />

a1.,1994; Stivastava and Nayak, 1995; Khadi et a1..1996).<br />

For a better comprehension <strong>of</strong> their health, education and social status,<br />

qualitative ethnographic <strong>research</strong> which brings out the community's point <strong>of</strong><br />

view, in combination with quantitative sociological and epidemiological studies<br />

which bring out the quantum <strong>of</strong> the problem wwld be more appropriate. Such<br />

studies need to be canied out particularly in rural areas since, India still continues<br />

to be a land <strong>of</strong> villages despite increasing urbanization. With these key points in<br />

mind, this comprehensive study combining both qualitative ethnographic methods<br />

and quantitative sociological and epidemiological methods was planned to assess<br />

the health, education and social status <strong>of</strong> school age children with emphasis on<br />

the girl child, in a rural area.

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