Relationship between Poverty and Child Abuse in the Slums of Charbagh Area, Lucknow-An Anthropological Perspective.

This study is based on the data collected from 7 slum communities located in the Charbagh area of Lucknow city during the month of February 2018. This study was conducted with following aims and objectives: to understand the multiple dimensions of the issue in discussion i.e. child abuse through an anthropological perspective and suggesting possible solutions to curb the identifiable problem pertaining to the study area. In the population of males and females (including children) we interviewed a total of 125 households which included a total of 300 children and the following conclusions are made on that data alone. When we say "abuse" it does not mean only sexual but also physical, mental and cases of neglectance. After conducting our study we have identified poverty as the major cause along with its four direct consequence, they are: poor milieu, improper family planning poor socio-economic conditions, which resulted in physical neglectance, medical neglectance and educational neglectance, and illiteracy among parents. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]