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Abstract

The study was aimed to compare the knowledge of mothers regarding growth and development of school going children in both selected urban and rural areas in Bengaluru through structured knowledge questionnaire and using statistical analysis and demographic variables. The result of the study shows that overall mean urban side knowledge scores and rural side were 30.87 and 27.83 respectively. The mean urban side knowledge score higher than rural knowledge scores, t (48) = 9.92** (p< 0.001). Hence the null hypothesis (Ho1) is rejected. There was significant association between study findings and demographic variables. The study concluded that there is an increased knowledge in the urban mothers than rural mothers regarding the growth and development of school going children.