Exploring Parental Opinion, Attitudes and Practices: A Comparative Study on Child Care and Protection in Rural and Urban Communities in National Capital Region, India
Abstract: Background: Children are at risk of exploitation, abuse, violence and neglect as they are minors by law, innocent, dependant and defenseless. Parents play a significant role in child care and protection. Objective: To assess and compare opinion, attitude and practices of parents regarding care and protection of children in selected rural and urban community. Materials and Methods: This was a descriptive cross sectional survey which included 400 parents; 200 from rural (Dayalpur village, Haryana) and 200 from urban area (Dr. Ambedkar Nagar, Dakshinpuri Extension, New Delhi). The data were collected using a structured interview schedule and analyzed using SPSS 17.0 and STATA 11.2 software. Results: All parents considered the Care of a child as mother?s responsibility. The need of a child to be protected from sexual abuse and domestic violence was opined by 99.5% and 95.5% parents, respectively. Significantly higher number of urban parents as compared to rural had opinion that a child needs to be protected from psychological abuse and neglect (55.0% vs. 37.0%, 61.0% vs. 37.0%, p
Keywords: opinion, attitude, practices, care, protection, child abuse, rural, urban
How to Cite?: Geeta Gulati, Manju Vatsa, Sanjeev Kumar Gupta, "Exploring Parental Opinion, Attitudes and Practices: A Comparative Study on Child Care and Protection in Rural and Urban Communities in National Capital Region, India", Volume 12 Issue 8, August 2023, International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), Pages: 2188-2193, https://www.ijsr.net/getabstract.php?paperid=MR23820160838, DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.21275/MR23820160838