The topic of my thesis was
"SITUATION ANALYSIS
OF FEMALE SLUM YOUTH AND STRATEGY FOR FUNCTIONING OF ACTION GROUPS"
Here is the.............
METHODOLOGY
The present study will be carried out with the blend of
two research techniques/designs i.e. research –cum action. The survey to do
research (exploratory design) will be carried out with the help of interview
schedule, through the help of which the primary data will be collected on
different dimensions of slum youth’s situation for example their background
family, present conditions, different problems. In addition, an inventory will
also be used to collect information about the existing essential facilities and
programmes of action of the Govt., Municipal and Corporation Bodies and NGO’s
for slum youth.
After identifying the problems of slum youth the action research will be initiated to
correct the situation, to achieve the recognition of the need for change of
slum situation, aware them of civic or social responsibilities and of their
capacities thereby bringing social charge. The goal is to promote the growth of
the slum life and encourage development of slum through their own efforts and
civic improvement
Operational Definition:
Slum youth defined:
The slum youth refer of here as the official age-group
that defines youth in India
which is 15-35 years.
Research Design
for Situational Analysis:
The inquiry will be explanatory-cum-descriptive design.
While the formulative or exploratory design will be chosen in order to gain
familiarity with the situation of slum youth, the descriptive design will be
picked up for portraying accuratively the characteristics of slum youth and for
determining its association with the socio-economic factors.
Action research:
Action research design will be used for the study.
Action research is the process by which practitioners attempt to study problems
scientifically in order to guide correct and evaluate decisions and actions
(Corey, 1953). This action research demands launching projects in the field for
finding out workable solutions to the problems. Another important aspect of an
action research is that it adapts itself to the changes that lake place in the
particular community.
Evaluation
‘Evaluation
refers to the procedures of fact finding about the results of planned social
action which in turn move the spiral of planning ever upward. It is the proper
methodological accompaniment of rational action. The theme has always been with
us; it is the performance that is different (
).
Impact on slum life
To find the impact on the life ;
questions of inter pertional relationship among the slum people and the
relations within neighbor hood had improved or deterioted wether group
activities of youth increased or decreased. The results will be tabulated and
interpreted for guidance for the scientists, researchers and academicians to
blend their research with the actual help provided to the needy. If the
findings will be positive as assumed then it will be helpful for all those who are interested to improve
with the help of their own efforts.
Research will be carried out into five phases as fallows:
Phase I Sampling
Procedure
The
details have been furnished under specific subhead.
Selection of slum
area
i)
Locale of the study
Jaipur
City of Rajasthan State and Hisar City of Haryana State will be the locale of
the study. The rationale to select these cities is that Jaipur is the place of
the study of researcher and she belongs to Hisar city of Haryana .
ii) Selection of slum area:
There
are 109 identified slum areas in Jaipur and 49 slum areas in Hisar City
iii) Selection of respondents for
situational analysis
From
the sampled slum areas 300 slum (50 per cent male and 50 per cent female youth)
youth households will be randomly selected to study their situation (200 slum
youth house holds from Japipur city and 100 from Hisar city as the slum areas
identified in there cities are also in 2:1.
Phase II In this phase interview schedule to assess the
situation of slum youth will be constructed then pretesting and finalization of
interview schedule/questionnaire will be done as fallows:
Construction of Interview schedule
Before
the construction of interview schedule, it is felt necessary to have an in
depth discussion with slum youth individually or in-groups. These discussions
helped in constructing the interview schedule. The schedule thus, developed in
accordance with the methodological procedures described keeping in view the
objectives of the investigation. The schedule will be pretested on 25 randomly
selected slum youth from the selected slum area of Hisar city. Interview
schedule will be suitably modified in the light of the experiences gained during
pretesting in consultation with the guide of the research study.
PhaseIII- In this phase data will be collected with the help of interview schedule,
tabulated precisely and analyzed as fallows:
i)
Data Collection
Before taking up the actual work for data
collection repeated visits will be made by researcher to the slum area with a
view to develop sufficient rapport with the slum youth. The data will be
collected with the use of will structured interview schedule developed for the
purpose.
ii)Analysis of the data
Analysis
of the data will be done appropriately with the help of standardized
statistical tools and tests to draw the inferences. For the situation of slum
youth, problems will be identified for action
phase. Programmes of action of the Govt., Municipal and Corporation Bodies
and NGO’s for slum youth will be sorted out.Non-parametric analysis of the data
will be done, the study will be adopted
percentage analysis for the data in general and chi-square (x2) for
looking at the relationship between independent and dependent variables. When
the term ‘significantly related’ will be used, it will mean that in 5 per cent
level of significance we will be accurate in 95 per cent of the cases that it
is a product of class conditioning rather than chance of sampling.
Phase IV Action
phase …………… establishment of the action groups in the form of youth clubs for
male slum youth and mahila mandals for the female slum youth , to carry out
different activities to improve their conditions, evaluation process and impact
assessments will be carried out as fallows:
In action phase youth
clubs will be formed with the slum youths (male) having some leadership
qualities to represent the particular slum area. Activities will be put in
order for action groups to carry on in the representative slum areas
(factions). Mahila mandals will be formed with the slum youth (female). At
initial stage one youth club/Mahila mandal will be formed in each of the three
slum areas. The items of action to improve the physical condition in relation
to health and sanitation will be; sanition campaigns with voluntary
participation of the slum residence( shram Daan); health and nutrition; kirtan
groups; games and sports meets; cultural evenings; independence day celebrations;
class of arts and crafts, sewing, preservation of food items; consumer
awareness; festival celebrations; literacy classes; child care; institutional
awareness to harness benefits ment for their improvement; first-aid; consumer
education; awareness about the rights of the citizens etc will be conducted to
improve the condition of the slum people. Professionals will be invited by
request to conducted certain class as first-aid, family planning, to provide
institutional awareness, to register their group as youth club in Nehru Yuva
Kendras. Guidence will be provided to them to register their own NGO’s,so that they can
organize themselves to become one voice solve their problems. Evaluation study
will be conducted side by side with the action phase so that effectiveness of
the action activities will be assessed.
Phase V Qualitative data
will be quantified, appropriately, tabulated and analyzed. Standardized
statistical tools and tests will be used to draw the inferences. Report righting
will be done for all the research components as well as for the action phase.
Report righting will be done for the whole process i.e. for research and action
phase.
Time frame of the
study
Review of literature
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8 months
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Development of tool
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2months
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Pretesting and modification of the tool
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1.5 month
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Data collection
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3.5 months
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Tabulation and analysis of the data
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3 months
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Action and evaluation phase
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14 months
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Report righting
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4 months
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Total
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36 months
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