A Study on the Effect of Individual and Background Variables on Health Status of Sauria Paharia Tribe of Bihar

The widespread poverty, illiteracy, malnutrition, absence of safe drinking water and sanitary living conditions, poor maternal and child health services and ineffective coverage of national health and nutritional services have been traced out in several studies as possible contributing factors to dismal health conditions prevailing among the tribal population in India. In this article, the authors have made a study comprising individual and background variables like age, sex, education, income etc. having importance in determining the health status of the Sauria Paharia tribe of Bihar, India.