Community diagnosis analysis

 To analyze the age sex distribution & sex ratio in the

selected slum area

 To compare this data with the national & state

standards

 To assess the significance of this data & its influence on

the society
 Slum areas in mukhadar, southbeach, kozhikode

 Population studied:516
 Age % of total
Group Males females total Sex ratio population
(years)
0-1 6 2 8 333 1.55
(2.37) (0.76)
1-5 23 26 49 1130 9.49
(9.09) (9.92)
5-15 33 49 82 1484 15.89
(13.04) (18.63)
15-45 155 149 304 961 58.91
(61.26) (56.65)
45-65 34 34 68 1000 13.18
(13.43) (12.92)
>65 2 3 5 1500 0.98
(0.79) (1.14)
Grand 253 263 516 1039 100
total
 Age % of total
Group Males Females population
(years) (%) (%)
0-5 11.3 10.8 11

5-15 21.6 21 21.4

15-45 48.7 48.6 48.6

45-65 14.2 14.4 14.3

>65 4.4 5.3 4.8

Grand 100 100 100

total

Source : SRS estimates 2003

60

50

40

30 mukhadar
india
20

10

0
0-5 5 15 15-45 45-65 >65
 place males females total Sex ratio

kozhikode 1399358 1479773 2879131 1057

kerala 15,468,614 16,372,760 31,841,374 1058

India 531.3million 495.7million 1027 million 933

Source: census of India 2001

1995 2000

2003 2005
 2020

2050
 Increased birth rate

 Increased survival of beyond 15 yrs by

immunization, advanced health care

 Decreased death rate , & more significantly above 60

years by advanced treatment , life saving procedures
 The no. of elderly will double by 2050
Year Below 5 years Between 0-15 Between >15 - + 60 years
59 years
1991 12.8 37.76 55.58 6.67
2001 10.8 34.33 58.7 6.97
2011 10.1 28.48 63.38 8.14
2016 9.7 27.73 63.33 8.94
year Sex ratio
1901 972
1911 964
1921 955
1931 950
1941 945
1951 946
1961 941
1971 930
1981 934
1991 927
2001 933

Source : census of India

Sex ratio (females per thousand males)

India 933
Rural 946
Urban 900

State with Highest Female Sex Ratio Kerala 1,058

State with Lowest Female Sex Ratio Haryana 861

UT with Highest Female Sex Ratio Pondicherry 1,001

UT with Lowest Female Sex Ratio Daman & Diu 710

District with Highest Female Sex Ratio Mahe (Pondicherry) 1,147

District with Lowest Female Sex Ratio Daman (Daman & Diu) 591
 low status of women in society

 a patriarchal social framework

 Value system based on son mania

 High expenses to manage when she grows up

BN Vadera, UK Joshi, SV Unadakat, BS Yadav, Sudha Yadav
195 pregnant women who attended the antenatal clinic (ANC) of G.G. Hospital attached to
M.P. Shah Medical College, Jamnagar, Gujarat. The study was carried out from August
2006 to September 2006

70.3% were from urban area and 29.7% from rural area

20.5% were illiterate and 79.5% were literate.

58.5% of women gave preference to male child

social responsibilities are carried out by males (42.5%)

propagation of family name (23%)
dependable in the old age (16%)

pressure from family (11%),

to perform cremation (4%)
dowry (3%)
females are economic liability (3%).
Preference to male child was higher in women who had no male
child previously (65.28%) than those who already had a male
child (42.50%)

to male child was higher among rural women (70.68%) than

that of the urban women (53.28%).

Preference to male child was higher in women who had no

male child previously (65.28%) than those who already had
a male child (42.50%).

One hundred and ten (54.4%) women were aware about

consequences of female feticide