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Rajasthan had the highest maternal mortality ratio, the third highest total fertility rate and the fourth highest infant mortality rate among the major states in India in 2001.
The prevalence of child malnutrition increased from 42 per cent in 1993 to 51 per cent in 1999. In 1998-99, one study found that 51 per cent of children under the age of three were underweight, 52 per cent were stunted and 12 per cent were wasted access to education, nutrition and health resources and services in Rajasthan is much more significantly mediated by gender, caste and class than in other parts of India. Girls, children from lower castes, and children living in rural and remote areas are likely to have higher infant, child and maternal mortality rates, poorer nutrition, access to
healthcare and other services, including particularly education
for girls is not accorded a high importance by many families.
Inadequate educational opportunities and poor health conditions and services are partly responsible for intergenerational poverty
transfers poor environmental conditions and frequent droughts also contribute to the transfer of poverty to future generations.
The costs of sending children to school is a significant disincentive to the education
of girls. The high costs of healthcare contribute to the high rates of infant and child mortality.
The number of working children in Rajasthan is the second highest in the country.
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The prevalence of child malnutrition increased from 42 per cent in 1993 to 51 per cent in 1999.
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