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(lv) Cost of household consumption and celebration of social functions
The average expendlture on household consumpt~onlfam~ly In the study nllage was Rs
12609 (Q75 0) per year The average annual household expend~ture on health and
educat~onlfam~ly were Rs 191- (Q 0) and Rs 6431- (fl 0) respectively The average
expendlture Incurred on celebrating Important social functions lhke atta~nment of puberty
and the first chlld birth to a girl In the famlly were Rs 3,1771- (+48 0) and Rs 5.8181-
(5222 0) respectively The average expenses for the mamage of a girl was Rs 31,1761-
(i1.021 0) and of a boy, ~t was Rs 23,1001- (i777 0)
8.2 Conclusions
The conclusions reached wlth respect to the specific objectives of the current study
(Chapter 2) are as follows -
8 2.1 Health
(a) The Intake of vanous nutnents by school age chlldren was much below the
recommended allowance and malnutntlon was wldely prevalent In them
(b) Anemla, vltamln A and nboflann defluency and worm lnfestdtlon appeared to be
Important causes of morbld~ty In these chtidren
(c) The health problems In school age chlldren as perceived by the commun~ty were
different from those revealed by the cross sect~onal morbldlty survey
(d) The people were Ignorant as regards the etiology of many of these disorders
(e) Many of the illnesses were untreated
(f) Allopathy was the most commonly followed system of therapy
(g) There was no gender d~fference as regards the overall morbldlty or the type of
treatment given to the chlldren
8.2.2 Education
(a) People were aware of the lnlportance of education, and wanted to glve the best to
thmr chlldren, partlculariy boys Although most of the chlldren were enrolled In
school, there were more boys than girls among them