Disability Survey in Sangameshwar Block of Ratnagiri District
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Disability Survey in Sangameshwar Block of Ratnagiri District A Report 1 Table of Contents Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 1 General Demographic Tables ............................................................................................................ 3 Table 1: Panchayat-wise Gender Distribution of Respondents ................................................................ 3 Table2: Caste Category-wise Distribution of Households ......................................................................... 4 Table3: Availability of Ration Cards and Monthly Family Income ............................................................ 5 Table4: Monthly Family Income of Households covered in BPL 2002-03 list ........................................... 6 Table5: Respondents’ Education and Age Group Distribution ................................................................. 6 Table6: Education level-wise Occupation of Respondent’s ...................................................................... 8 Table7: Type of House and Family Size ..................................................................................................... 9 Table8: Excluded Group and Monthly Family Income ............................................................................ 10 Table9: SHG status .................................................................................................................................. 11 Disability Tables .................................................................................................................................. 12 Table10: Age Group-wise Gender Distribution of the PwDs .................................................................. 12 Table11: Frequency count of families with PwDs ................................................................................... 13 Table12: Availability of Disability Certificate .......................................................................................... 13 Table13: Government assistance received ............................................................................................. 14 Table14: PwDs as SHG members ............................................................................................................ 15 Table15: Gender-wise categorized PwDs ............................................................................................... 15 Table16: Age Group-wise categorized PwDs .......................................................................................... 16 Table17: Category-wise Availability of Certificates ................................................................................ 17 Table18: Status of Government assistance to 38 PwDs ......................................................................... 18 Table19: Educational Facility to the PwDs in the age group 0 to 30 yrs ................................................. 19 Table 20: Monthly Income wise distribution of PwDs ............................................................................ 20 2 Introduction A consorted effort is being made by Government of Maharashtra under National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM) to promote livelihood options for PwD in their programme through decentralized planning by formulating inclusive livelihood plan for PwDs. Implementation of this inclusive strategy would not only enhance the livelihood options for PwDs but also form a role model for other districts. The Maharashtra State Rural Livelihoods Mission has been constituted under the aegis of the National Rural Livelihoods Mission in Maharashtra in July 2011 with the support of the Government of India, the World Bank and the Government of Maharashtra. The Mission aims at eradication of rural poverty by building sustainable institutions of poor and ultimately leading them to sustainable livelihoods. The major objective of MSRLM is; “To design and develop ‘Strategy for Social Inclusion by mapping exclusion’ in general and specifically roll-out ‘Disability and Livelihood Interventions’ in pilot districts with the support of MSRLM’s State, district and block teams”. In this regard, a pilot study has been undertaken by MSRLM. For this pilot study of “Inclusion of PwDs in MSRLM program”, selected districts from the above mentioned focus districts of the state have been selected. They are – Jalna, Ratnagiri and Yavatmal. The rationale for the selection of Ratnagiri district is that it is a coastal district located in the Kokan region in the southwestern part of state on the Arabian Sea coast. It ranks moderate on HDI (22 out of 35). The major reason for selecting this district is to gain insights into the unique challenges of livelihood of PwDs in coastal area. Sangameshwar and Ratnagiri block were chosen after a consultation with Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Zillah Parishad. The first step towards the inclusion process was enumerating PwDs in the villages so as to increase their access to basic entitlements and further rolling of livelihood programmes. Instead of undertaking the survey in the entire district, it was decided that 10 Gram Panchayats (Ambedkhurd, Dhamni, Golvali, Karambale tarf Sangameshwar, Kondasurde, Lovale, Navdi, Rajwadi, Shivne and Terye Burambi) comprising of 13 villages (Ambedkhurd, Dhamni, Golvali, Jambhulwadi, Karambale tarf Sangameshwar, Kondasurde, Kondambed, Lovale, Navdi, Rajwadi, Rampeth, Shivne and Terye) to be selected for door to door survey on pilot basis. This decision was taken in order to complete the survey before the onset of monsoon. Identification of surveyors and data entry operators was the next step. Anganwadi Workers, Asha workers and SHG members were chosen as surveyors. The major reason for their selection as surveyors was that they have developed a good rapport with the villagers and the villagers also feel comfort in communicating with them. While identifying the Data entry operators, the main prerequisite was that 1 he/she should be well versed with computer operations. In case of Sangameshwar, the Data Entry Operators chosen already had an experience of digitizing the survey data. 3 days training programme for the surveyors and data entry operators was organized and conducted. This included classroom training, field practical training and feedback session. Problems faced while enumerating PwDs and Interview techniques were the major topics covered in the training. The data entry operators received classroom training as well as hands on with the filled in questionnaires received from the field visit. Code sheet using MS Access was designed for data entry purpose. Out of the identified surveyors, 5 were selected as supervisors, who were specifically trained regarding the first level data editing before handing over the filled in questionnaires to the data entry operators. The survey began on 20th May 2013 and was completed on 30th May 2013. Each surveyor was given the list of households provided by the block office for conducting the survey. The data entry operators started digitizing the survey data simultaneously on daily submission of filled in questionnaires by the surveyors. Continuous handholding support was provided to the operators and their queries were resolved. Data entry was completed on 18th June 2013 following which analysis was started. The basic and factual analysis in a tabular format was submitted on 12th July 2013. It is remarkable to note that the errors occurred in digitized data were negligible. The major task was of placing the enumerated PwDs in specific disability category. The method followed for categorization was that the respondents were asked various questions related to functional difficulties faced by them or their family members. These responses were noted and then labeled specific disability category (as these difficulties were the symptoms of that specific category) and then disability category-wise totals were computed. Categorization of PwDs was done based on the categories as per the Rights of PwDs bill 2012. Detailed Report with more in depth analysis with interpretation is being presented. Interpretation of each of the table is done in a systematic way consisting of 2 steps namely Findings and Inferences. This would give the detailed interpretation of the tables. 2 General Demographic Tables Table 1: Panchayat-wise Gender Distribution of Respondents Gender Distribution of Respondents 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 Female Male Sr. No. Panchayat Female Male Total 198 170 368 1. Ambedkhurd (53.80) (46.20) (10.30) 115 327 442 2. Dhamni (26.02) (73.98) (12.37) 187 239 426 3. Golvali (43.90) (56.10) (11.93) 139 102 241 4. Karambale tarf Sangameshwar (57.68) (42.32) (6.75) 141 107 248 5. Kondasurde (56.85) (43.15) (6.94) 208 176 384 6. Lovale (54.17) (45.863) (10.75) 197 362 559 7. Navadi (35.24) (64.76) (15.65) 112 62 174 8. Rajwadi (64.37) (35.63) (4.87) 78 176 254 9. Shivne (30.71) (69.29) (7.11) 188 288 476 10. Terye (Burambi) (39.50) (60.50) (13.33) 1563 2009 3572 Total (43.76) (56.24) (100) Findings Total households covered under survey are 3572 out of which 56.24% were Male interviewee and 43.76% were female. Female respondents were highest in Rajwadi whereas Male respondents in Dhamni. 3 Inferences Satisfactory proportion of gender distribution maintained while conducting the survey. Table2: Caste Category-wise Distribution of Households Sr. 3.42 Caste Category-wise Household Caste Category Total % No. 2.11 Distribution