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followed by a ward list, based on census enumeration maps or municipality maps. Yet another list
was generated based on population size, poverty indices used by the municipality, existence of
the slum for at least 5 years, presence of ICDS programme, GPS, and location in relation to the
town centre or periphery. Selection of two urban areas was done with care taken to ensure that
one was located in the periphery and the other in the centre. Urban households were identified on
the basis of criteria used in rural areas, however care was taken to ensure that relevant urban
characteristics were not ignored (e.g. housing conditions etc.) and the selected households were
not contiguous in location.
Overall, the six villages and six urban settlements selected for the study reflected diversity in
terms of location, demographic characteristics, remoteness / accessibility, caste and community
composition and functioning of ICDS and primary education facilities (For detailed profile of
study villages see respective state reports in Part II of this report). In order to maintain the
confidentiality of our respondents we have taken care to use pseudonyms in our report and (apart
from the research districts) extend the blanket of anonymity to the research villages and urban
settlements.
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