Women's Migration, Urban Poverty and Child Health in Rajasthan
Published By: Migrating out of poverty on eSS | Published Date: May, 01 , 2008The paper is concerned with the high levels of infant and child illness and death amongst poor urban
slum communities in Rajasthan, a state with one of the highest infant mortality rates in India. Urban
poverty is significant in Rajasthan with a fifth of the urban population living below the poverty line and in
slums. Increasing numbers of poor migrants in search of employment contribute to the
rising levels of urban poverty in cities such as Jaipur, where the present study is based. [Migration DRC working paper T-26].
Author(s): Maya Unnithan Kumar, K MCNAY, A CASTALDO | Posted on: Jan 15, 2014 | Views(647) | Download (819)