4.2.5 Literacy status <strong>of</strong> mother 74.2.6 Household landhold<strong>in</strong>g 84.2.7 Major occupation <strong>of</strong> father 84.2.8 Major occupation <strong>of</strong> Mother 84.2.9 Per capita monthly <strong>in</strong>come 84.3 Household Physical facilities 84.3.1 Type <strong>of</strong> house 84.3.2 Household amenities 84.4 Iod<strong>in</strong>e content <strong>of</strong> Cook<strong>in</strong>g salt 84.5 Maternal characteristics 94.5.1 Age and parity <strong>of</strong> mother 94.5.2 Particulars <strong>of</strong> last Pregnancy (mothers <strong>of</strong>
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSWe express our s<strong>in</strong>cere thanks to Mr. B.R. Naidu, I.A.S, Pr<strong>in</strong>cipal Secretary,and Smt. T<strong>in</strong>oo Joshi, I.A.S, and Dr. Loveleen Kacker, I.A.S, past Pr<strong>in</strong>cipalSecretaries, Women and Child Development & Social Justice Department,Government <strong>of</strong> Madhya Pradesh for provid<strong>in</strong>g us an opportunity to carry out thisstudy.Our thanks are due to Ms. Kam<strong>in</strong>i Chauhan I.A.S, Deputy Secretary, Dr.Anupam Rajan, Director and Shri. Akshaya Srivatsav, Jo<strong>in</strong>t Director, Women andChild Development Department, Government <strong>of</strong> Madhya Pradesh for their supportdur<strong>in</strong>g the study.We are also thanksful to Shri. Gulshan Bamra, former Director, and Sri PraveenKumar Gangrade, former Jt. Director, Women and Child Development Department,Government <strong>of</strong> Madhya Pradesh, and their colleagues for extend<strong>in</strong>g their cooperation andhelp <strong>in</strong> the execution <strong>of</strong> this study.The <strong>in</strong>frastructural & logistic support extended by Pr<strong>of</strong>. S.K. Trivedi,Executive Director, Mr. Gokul pal, Research Officer and their colleagues at IndianInstitute <strong>of</strong> Development Management (IIDM), Bhopal is gratefully acknowledged.Our thanks are also due to UNICEF-Madhya Pradesh and UNICEF-New Delhifor their support by provid<strong>in</strong>g anthropometric equipment for use <strong>in</strong> this study.The help and support provided by the Districts Project Officers, ChildDevelopment Project Officers, Supervisors, Anganwadi Workers (AWWs) andASHA worker (Health functionaries) <strong>of</strong> the concerned districts <strong>in</strong> the execution <strong>of</strong>the survey, is gratefully acknowledged.Our s<strong>in</strong>cere thanks to the entire field staff for their commitment ands<strong>in</strong>cere efforts <strong>in</strong> the collection <strong>of</strong> data.We grateful to Dr. B. Sesikeran, Director, N.I.N and Dr. Vishwa MohanKatoch, Director-general, I.C.M.R, and Secretary, Department <strong>of</strong> Health Research,M<strong>in</strong>istry <strong>of</strong> Health and Family Welfare, GoI, for their constant support andencouragement.We also thank Mr. G.Manohar Reddy, Research Officer, Mr. R. RaghunathBabu, Technical Assistant, Mrs. G.Madhavi, Technician, Ms. D.Sarala & G.MadhaviTabulators, NNMB-CRL, and Ms. D. Balamani, Ms. D. Saritha & Ms. M. VenkataRamanamma, Punch Operators, and Mrs. L. Rajeswari & Mr. M. Shashi Kumar Reddy,Data Entry Operators for their technical help.We are also thankful to Mr. G. Hanumantha Rao, and Mrs. G. Prashanthi,Personal Assistants for their secretarial assistance.Last but not least, we are extremely grateful to the community for theirunst<strong>in</strong>t<strong>in</strong>g cooperation, without which the study would not have been completedsuccessfully.Authors