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RESEARCH
METHODOLOGY
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RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
1. Introduction:
Research is defined as a systematized effort to gain new knowledge. It is an
academic activity and as such the term should be used in a technical sense. It
refers to the systematic method consisting of enunciation of the problem,
formulating hypotheses, collecting of facts or data analyzing the facts and
reaching certain conclusions either in for a solution towards the concerned
problem or in certain generalizations for some theoretical formulation.
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and odd children who are in distress. How ever there is no evidence till now of
any assessment or study has done, on the demographic profile of children
calling the centre, patterns of calls, interventions undertaken impact on the
society etc. Hence a study on CHILDLINE Vijayawada- a Case study in
Krishna District Andhra Pradesh from 2001-2009) is chosen for the study.
3. Research Design:
Case Study Method is the primary design adopted for the present study
supported by qualitative & quantitative analysis of data and descriptive design.
The researcher adopted the case study method in order to study the project of
CHILDLINE in Vijayawada city and understand and evaluate its activities. The
qualitative analysis method is adopted to analyze the calls received by
CHILDLINE Vijayawada from children as well as from the public, to
understand the nature of calls made and service rendered, intervention
strategies adopted and to explore whether CHILDLINE reaches out to all the
children irrespective of gender, age, caste and social status.
The researcher has undertaken two surveys by adopting snowball and random
sampling methods to asses the services of CHILDLINE at Rescue Shelter in
Vijayawada city of Krishna District and the impact of CHILDLINE services
among the children as well as allied systems respectively.
5. Selection of Sample:
Study-1: Analysis on the Services of CHILDLINE at Child Rescue Shelter is
a quantitative Survey and the snow ball method was adopted. To collect the
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Step-2 : To study and to assess the impact of CHILDLINE services in the city
of Vijayawada, Krishna district. The researcher selected the children randomly
for sample study, from various categories like school children, working
children etc. and representatives of the allied systems. The researcher
interviewed them by using the tool of semi-structured questionnaire. The
researcher interviewed totally 246 members. Out of these 183 were children
(5% out of a total universe of 3666 children) and 63 were adults. The study is
based on a case study method. However, in order to substantiate data and to fill
in the gaps if any, a sample size of 5% felt is appropriate cutting across of all
the categories of children.
such as school
going children, child labour, school dropouts, street children, former domestic
child labour, drug addicts, rag pickers, slum children, rehabilitated street
children, child sangha leaders, HIV affected children, orphans, children from
bridge courses, physically challenged children, visually impaired children,
children of prisoners, child beggars, abandoned children, children rescued by
CHILDLINE etc:
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The researcher selected the samples on the basis of stratified sample method
and size of the sample is five percent from universe. Hence the respondent
children have been selected from the following categories:
5% Sample
S. No
Category of Children
Universe
Street Children
400
20
Child labour
580
29
100
50
School dropouts
1200
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180
300
15
3660
183
Selection.
Differentlyabled
5
Slum children
Total
S. No
Category of children
Street Children
Bethel Ministries
Physically Challenged
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Street Children
Deepa Nivas
School
going
boys
and
School going
street
Former
Happy Home
children
and
Rehabilitated
street
boys,
Drug addicts
Street boys, girls worked as
domestic
maids
&
dealt by
CHILDLINE
Vasavya Mahila Manali
Street Boys
World Vision
Slum
children
&
Municipal
Hostel
handicapped boys
Government Childrens Home
Deaf Reach
Kennedy school
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7. Pre Test:
A pretest was conducted by the researcher using the interview schedules. 25
children were interviewed for study-1 and ten children and five representatives
of allied systems were interviewed for study-2 to fine tune and finalize the
interview schedules for the study.
For study-2, the researcher collected the necessary information from the
respondents in the field using the structured interview schedule3.
Separate
questions were prepared for the children and for the allied systems to ensure
that all children of age groups and background can participated in the interview
9. Source of Data:
In view of the manifold objectives of the study the data has been collected from
both primary and secondary sources.
Primary data:
Shelter and the impact on the CHILDLINE services have been directly
gathered from the children as well as representatives of the allied systems
through interview schedules and questionnaires by the researcher personally.
On the basis of the information collected, the hypotheses are tested and
findings are recorded.
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Secondary Data: The secondary data has been collected from the records of
CHILDLINE Vijayawada, reference books, published reports, research reports,
magazines & journals, news letters, websites, documentary films, project
reports and news paper clippings.
The data collected was edited in order to see that all the required information is
collected for the purpose of the study. After editing, the data was classified and
coded. Once coded, the same has been tabulated into various tables as per the
objectives of the study.
11.
Data Analysis:
The data is analyzed through percentages and averages. Further, the data is also
represented graphically, where ever necessary. The study deals with the profile
of CHILDLINE, analysis of calls, services and impact assessment. The data
analysis is through sample collection and compilation method.
2. Data that the researcher sought was not available in the records of the
CHILDLINE Vijayawada. Example the statistics of the life situation,
demographic profile of those who approached CHILDLINE and detailed
age group of children of the first three years.
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3. Due to lack of the compiled data and time constraint the researcher could
not make a study on the children/persons making calls to CHILDLINE
and their socio economic background.
4. To asses the impact of the CHILDLINE services a questionnaire was
prepared to interview the children as well as the representatives of the
allied systems. Since the questionnaire was meant for the evaluation on
the service rendered by CHILDLINE, a helpline for children in distress,
the number of questions in the questionnaire is small.
13.
Chapterization:
Chapter I
In the first chapter, the researcher presented the introduction about
CHILDLINE in general, its history, beginnings, functioning etc., the
functioning of CHILDLINE Vijayawada and its role in making Vijayawada a
child friendly city, the concept of the present study, research questions and plan
of the study.
Chapter II
The second chapter comprises of review of various related literature such as
reference books, published reports, research reports, magazines and journals,
news letters, websites, documentary films, project reports, news paper
clippings etc.
Chapter III
The third chapter includes the research methodology, which includes selection
of the topic for the study, research design, study area, selection of sample,
pretest, tools for the data collection, source of data collection, data processing,
data analysis and limitation of the study.
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Chapter IV
In chapter four, the researcher has analyzed the services offered by
CHILDLINE Vijayawada in Krishna district by bringing out the profile of the
children approaching CHILDLINE, analysis of intervention calls, other calls,
analysis of accessibility of different CHILDLINE centers, analysis of service
rendered, statistics and the comparisons of help sought by children and service
rendered by CHILDLINE.
Chapter V
Chapter five deals with the assessment of services of CHILDLINE at Child
Rescue Shelter of CHILDLINE Vijayawada in Krishna district, which includes
the profile of the respondents, response of children on services of
CHILDLINE, facilities at child rescue shelter and the satisfaction levels
towards the services of CHILDLINE.
Chapter VI
Chapter six deals with the analysis on the impact of CHILDLINE service,
which includes the profile of the respondents, response of children and allied
systems on sendees of CHILDLINE, the problems faced by children in
Vijayawada city from the perspective of children and the suggestions gathered
from the children and allied systems to make Vijayawada a child friendly city.
Chapter VII
In chapter seven, the researcher presented the summary of the observations,
major findings, suggestions and conclusion.
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