Research

UHRC conducts primary research in slum settings and analyses of large data sets such as the National Family Health Survey.  

  • Analysis of the National Family Health Survey 

UHRC undertook analysis of NFHS-2 and NFHS-3 to unmask the intra-urban health, nutrition and well-being disparities that get masked owing to the comparison of urban aggregate data with rural data. 

Published works include Urbanization, Urban Poverty and Health of the Urban Poor: Status, Challenges and the Way Forward, and The state of urban health in India; comparing the poorest quartile to the rest of the urban population in selected states and cities 

 To read our reports, papers, book chapters, please go to the Resources page.

Key informant interview by UHRC team​