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Children's Living Arrangements

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Country
 
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81.4%
Living with Both Parents
 
DHS 2019-2021
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Children living with both parents, Total for children < 18; IA2020DHS: International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai - 2019-21
15.4%
Living with One Parent
 
DHS 2019-2021
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Children living with mother, father alive, Total for children < 18; Children living with mother, father dead, Total for children < 18; Children living with father, mother alive, Total for children < 18; Children living with father, mother dead, Total for children < 18; IA2020DHS: International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai - 2019-21
3.2%
Living with Neither Parent
 
DHS 2019-2021
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Children living with neither parent, both alive, Total for children < 18; Children living with neither parent, mother alive, Total for children < 18; Children living with neither parent, father alive, Total for children < 18; Children living with neither parent, both dead, Total for children < 18; IA2020DHS: International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai - 2019-21
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Children Living Without Biological Parents

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79%
Both Parents Alive
 
DHS 2015-2016
12%
One Parent Dead
 
DHS 2015-2016
9%
Both Parents Dead
 
DHS 2015-2016

Parental Survivorship

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95.3%
Children with Both Parents Alive
 
DHS
4.3%
Children with One Parent Alive
 
DHS
0.3%
Children with Both Parents Dead
 
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List of Organisations

Ambika Pandit - Times of India,

According to this article from the Times of India, 778 civil society organization and individuals working on issues concerning human rights of children have issued an open letter calling for withdrawal of the letter from the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights seeking restoration of children lodged in children homes in eight states back to their families.

Sapna Dhiman, Pradeep Kumar Sahu, William R. Reed, G. Shankar Ganesh, Ramesh K. Goyal, Shilpa Jain - Research in Developmental Disabilities,

The objectives of this study were to describe the mental health status and the change in perceived strain among caregivers of children with special needs in India during the COVID-19 outbreak.

Sheila Ramaswamy, Shekhar Seshadri - Indian Journal of Psychiatry,

This article focuses on examining the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and its socio-economic consequences on children in adversity in India, describing the increased child protection and psychosocial risks they are placed at, during and in the immediate aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis and its lockdown situation.

Times of India,

According to this article from the Times of India, all states in India, including Tamil Nadu, have been ordered by the National Commission of Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) to send all children in child care institutions back to their parents within 100 days.

C. Raneesh and A. K. Mohan - Institutionalised Children Explorations and Beyond,

In this study on childcare staff in children’s homes of Kasaragod district of Kerala, the researcher adopted a descriptive design and selected all registered children’s homes for the study purpose.

Sangeetha Sriraam - Indian Law Review,

This paper is an analysis on the history of adoption in India and the machinery in place now.

Peter Selman - Social Welfare in India and China,

This chapter compares and contrasts trends in international adoption in China and India over a period of 27 years from 1992 to 2018.

Surendra P Gangan - The Hindustan Times,

"The state government [of Maharashtra] is launching a foster care scheme under which citizens can parent children from state-run child care institutions for a limited period of one to three years," according to this article from the Hindustan Times. 

Hitanshu Dave, Priyank Yagnik - Child Abuse & Neglect,

This article explores the psychosocial impact of COVID-19 on children in India.

Family for Every Child,

In this How We Care series webinar, Family for Every Child members CPTCSA (Philippines), Paicabi (Chile) and Butterflies (India) come together to discuss the work they are doing to address child sexual abuse in their contexts.