Status of Household Level Indicators of Standard of Living in Odisha: A Study of Angul, Nayagarh and Rayagada districts based on NFHS Data

Access to basic amenities such as safe drinking water, toilet facility, electricity, cooking fuel, mobile phone, bank account, health scheme and treatment, own house and pucca house are not only an important measure of socio-economic status of the household, but also fundamental to the health status of the people. So, there are 3 districts, namely, Angul, Nayagarh and Rayagada districts of Odisha taken for analysis of household variables like drinking water, toilet facility, electricity, cooking fuel, mobile phone, bank account, health scheme and treatment, own house and pucca house. The objective of this study to highlight the status and standard of living in households as obtained by by NFHS 4 and 5 survey rounds, and to make a comparison between rural and urban areas of the above mentioned 3 districts and all districts of Odisha. The present study is based on secondary data. The study concludes that in 5 years there have been improvements in all household indicators both in rural and urban areas of the districts of Odisha. Urban development is more than rural development.