Social Development Index
In the Social Development Report 2006, an attempt was made to develop a composite SDI by considering six major dimensions of social development. They included demographic parameters, health indicators, educational attainments, basic amenities, economic deprivation and social deprivation. The index was constructed at two points of time, namely, 1991 and 2001, and separately for each State. In the case of larger States with a population of more than 5 million the indexing exercise was done separately for rural and urban areas, whereas in the smaller States a combined area index was used.
In the Social Development Report 2008, besides computation of the Social Development Index (SDI) at the State level, the index was extended in two particular directions – capturing the disparity in development of different social groups and also measuring gender disparity in social development.
The SDI also captures Social Deprivation by developing separate SDIs for SCs, STs and others on the one hand, and for gender differences on the other.
A brief description of the indicators and sources of the data used in computing the SDI are given below.
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Indicators
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Sources
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Demographic Indicators
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Contraceptive Prevalence Rate (CPR)
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NFHS-III(2005-06) State-wise Fact Sheets
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Total fertility Rate (TFR)
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NFHS-III(2005-06) State-wise Fact Sheets
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Infant Mortality Rate (IMR)
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NFHS-III(2005-06) State-wise Fact Sheets and Sample Registration System (SRS; October 2006) for all smaller States.
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Health Indicators
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Percentage of Institutional Delivery
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NFHS-III(2005-06) State-wise Fact Sheets
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Percentage of Undernourished Children
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NFHS-III(2005-06) State-wise Fact Sheets
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Basic Amenities Indicators
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Percentage of Households Living in Pucca House
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NFHS-III(2005-06) State-wise Fact Sheets
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Percentage of Households with Access to Safe Drinking Water
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NFHS-III(2005-06) State-wise Fact Sheets
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Percentage of Households with Toilet Facility
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NFHS-III(2005-06) State-wise Fact Sheets
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Percentage of Households with Electricity
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NFHS-III(2005-06) State-wise Fact Sheets
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Educational Attainment Indicators
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Literacy Rate
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National Sample Survey (NSS) 61st Round, Report No.516. (2005-06)
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Pupil-Teacher Ratio
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7th All India Education Survey (2002)
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School Attendance Rate
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National Sample Survey (NSS) 61st Round, Report No.516. (2005-06)
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Economic Deprivation Indicators
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Unemployment Rate
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NSSO and National Sample Survey (NSS) 61st Round, Report No. 515
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Gini Ratio for Per Capita Consumption Expenditure
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Sachar Committee Report, 2006
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Social Deprivation Related Indicators
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Ratio between Literacy of the Scheduled Caste Population and Average Literacy of the Population
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NSS 61st Round, Report No.516, Sachar Committee Report 2006 and Office of Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India, 2006
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Ratio between Literacy of the Scheduled Tribe Population and Average Literacy of the Population
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NSS 61st Round, Report No.516, Sachar Committee Report 2006 and Office of Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India, 2006
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Ratio between Monthly Per Capita Consumption Expenditure of Muslims to the Total Population
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NSS 61st Round, Report No.516, Sachar Committee Report 2006 and Office of Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India, 2006
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Ratio between Literacy of Female Population and Average Literacy of Total Population
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NSS 61st Round, Report No.516, Sachar Committee Report 2006 and Office of Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India, 2006
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Ratio between Female Unemployment Rates to Total Unemployment Rates
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NSS 61st Round, Report No.516, Sachar Committee Report 2006 and Office of Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India, 2006
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Child Sex Ratio
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NSS 61st Round, Report No.516, Sachar Committee Report 2006 and Office of Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India, 2006
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