Ravindra Choudhary|Abhinav Sharma|Kishore Agarwal|Amod Kumar|V. Sreenivas|Jacob Puliyel
Building for the future: influence of housing on intelligence quotients of children in an urban slum
St. Stephen’s Hospital
interventions behalf marginalized society assume many formats urban slum government delhi built oneroom houses residents termed plot area residents could accommodated project remainder continued live next door shanty houses slum nineteen years later young children migrated parents grown children looked development children living two types accommodationa total 373 children studied children n 200 ages 35 55 years cluster five residential blocks plot area studied control children two large clusters shanty houses n 173 also studied development assessment central institute education cie test performed indian adaptation standfordbinet test multiple regression analysis utilized determine factors influenced iq mostthe mean iq children plot area 925 sd 1338 shanty houses 895 sd 129 p 005 analysis showed significant factors affecting iq malnutrition first 6 months life attendance child preschool nutrition first 6 months difference groups attendance preschool 110 200 plot area 47 173 shanty houses attending preschool p 001we find children living permanent houses significantly better iq shanty houses review literature reveal comparable study