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Data from Government Chest Clinic, Pondicherry
3ut of 145 girls and 155 boys studled, no s~gnlflcant d~fference was observed between
them w~th respect to the followup and complet~on of treatment for tuberculosis ( p >
0 05)
jd) Education and the aid child
(I) Ethnographic methods
Most (1541160, 96 3%)of the respondents to the St~Ct~red questlonnalre felt that
education and jobs were necessary for girls Only a few (3 8%) felt that jobs were not
necessary for them About 71 9% of the respondents sa~d that they would perrn~thew
daughter to go outs~de the vlllage for study~ng or worklng However, many people
(35 0%) were not wllllng to spend too much money on the~r daughter's educat~on
because they would anyhow have to spend on her marnage, while 80 0% were wllllng
to do so for a boy They felt that educat~on was more important for a boy because he
had to get a job and earn money A majonty (99 4%) felt that a glrl should contlnue mth
her schooling afler rnenarche
(ii) Other epidemiological methods
Census
1. More boys (93 4%) than girls (85 5%) were enrolled In school (p < 0 05)
2. The proportion of girls studylng in the pnmary (75 1%) and m~ddle school levels
(71 3%) were s~gn~f~cantly less than the corresponding ftgures for boys which were
86 5 % and 91 7% respect~vely (p < 0 05) There was no d~fference In the pmport~on
of yrls (54 4%) and boys (52 4%) studylng In the h~gh school level (,I > 0 05)