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expendlture Incurred was Rs 1,23.900 with an average cost per family of
Rs 3,177(+48 O)1- and per girl Rs.3038 (k45.0)/- (Table 7.12 8).
(11) Marnage (girl)
Durlng the preced~ng 5 years mamage celebration were performed by 17 famlltes for
thelr daughters There were 2 famllles that had perfoned 2 mamages The total
number of girls whose rnamage was celebrated was therefore 19
The total
expendtture was Rs 5 30 000 wlth an average expenselfam~ly of Rs 31 176
(tl 021 0)i- and per g~rl Rs 27 895 (i985 0)i- (Table 7 12 B)
(iii) Marriage (boy)
Data were collected from 10 farn~lies that had celebrated the marriage of their sons (10
sons) The total expenditure incurred was Rs.2,31,000 with an average expenselfam~ly
of Rs 23,100 (t777 0)i- (Table 7.128)
(iv) Child birth
The total expenditure incurred by the 11 families in connection with the birth of the first
child of thelr daughter was Rs.64,000. This glves an average of Rs.5,818 (3222.0)lchild
b~rthifamily (Table 7.128).
7.5 Discussion
The social status of children in a commun~ty reflects the cornmunlty's perceptlon and
attttude towards them. Although extensive research has been done on the Issues
relating to the social status of adolescents and young women In India and other
couril es (Okojie,1994; Vlassof,l994), there are only a few studies which have focused