To counter the image that they are the chief persecutors, the group points to India's National Family Health Survey (NFHS) that suggested women aged 15 to 49 were eight times more likely to face violence from their own mother or step-mother than their mother-in-law.
To counter the image that they are the chief persecutors, the group points to India's National Family Health Survey (NFHS) that suggested women aged 15 to 49 were eight times more likely to face violence from their own mother or step-mother than their mother-in-law.
Methods Data The 1998-99 Indian National Family Health Survey (INFHS) which contains information from 92,447 households (IIPS & ORC-Macro 2000) was utilized to understand the patterns and distribution of IPV in India.
According to National Family Health Survey -2 India (1998-99)1, children of women belonging to scheduled castes and scheduled tribes have higher rates of infant and child mortality than children of women belonging to other backward classes or to women not belonging to scheduled caste or scheduled tribe.
12) Villagers, however, generally use the term "doctor" to refer to untrained rural practitioners as well as trained MBBS doctors, so the National Family Health Survey may be underestimating the presence of informal health care providers during home deliveries.
The figures also incorporate data from the government's National Family Health Survey, which covers about 200,000 people ages 15 to 54, and was conducted through face-to-face interviews across India between December 2005 and August 2006.
The figures also incorporate data from the government's National Family Health Survey, which covers about 200,000 people ages 15 to 54, and was conducted through face-to-face interviews across India between December 2005 and August 2006.
