Impact of socioeconomic status on municipal solid waste. The parameters were modified as education and occupation. Socioeconomic status ses could be a live of economic and social science conditions of an individuals work expertise and of a personalitys or familys economic and social position in reference to different community members. Introduction socioeconomic status ses is an important determinant of health ses infuences accessibility, affordability, acceptability, and actual utilization of available health facilities. The criteria for counting of persons for assessment of sufficiency of living area are as follows. How much difficulty is your breathing causing you right now. Some of the facets of the kuppuswamys socioeconomic status scale sometimes create confusion and require explanation on how to. Base article revised kuppuswamys scale explained and updated click the tile below base article, to access it. The kuppuswamys socioeconomic status scale revised for the current year using realtime.
International journal of health sciences and research. Ses, the most widely used and popular scale in our country is modified kuppuswamy ses which is mostly used for urban areas. Kuppuswamys socio economic status scale for the year 2014. The kuppuswamys socioeconomic status scale is extensively used in urban population, for assessment of the ses 2. This scale was previously modified by mishra et al. An online tool is available for realtime updating of the scale 3. It is widely used to measure the socioeconomicstatus of an individual in the urban community and is based on three variables. Table 1 from modified kuppuswamy scale updated for. This is the most commonly used scale for determining the ses of an urban family. Click here for alternate home page if your browser does not display the tile images above. The modified kuppuswamy socioeconomic scale 2018 was deployed to assess the socioeconomic status of participants, while the knowledge score of the participants was determined based on the original. The kuppuswamy scale and the modified kuppuswamy scale ranked 0. The kuppuswamy scale in its various forms has held steady over. Modified kuppuswamy socioeconomic scale updated for the.
Kumar n, shekhar c, kumar p, kundu as indian j pediatr, 7412. These parameters are defined later in this section. Pdf socioeconomic status ses is one among important indicators to evaluate the health status and nutritional status of a family. Modified kuppuswamy scale updated for year 2018, paripex. Socioeconomic status ses could be a live of economic and social science conditions of an individuals work expertise and of a personalitys or. Sometimes financial gain, education, and occupation are taken into consideration to work out socioeconomic status. Three criteria have been used commonly for judging the presence of overcrowding1. Assessment of overcrowding in a household psm made easy.
Kuppuswamys socioeconomic status scaleupdating for 2007. This is a scale that asks you to rate the difficulty of your breathing. Some of the facets of the kuppuswamys socioeconomic status scale sometimes create confusion and require explanation on how to classify, and need some minor updates to bring the scale uptodate. The kuppuswamy s socioeconomic status scale revised for the current year using realtime update tool, was used for the socioeconomic status classification. Kuppuswamy nagarajan born 15 september 1930 sirupalai village, tamil nadu is an indian organic chemist.
You can access a printer friendlypdf version of this page for saving, from the. Sli stands out as a unique reliable measure of ses at rural setting by taking into consideration the wealth possession. In this paper, we have aimed at revising and providing an updated modified kuppuswamy ses for the year 2020. In the urban areas, the sli was compared with modified kuppuswamy scale and b g prasad scale. Kuppusamys socioeconomic status scale mbbs being a.
This scale includes the education, occupation of head of the family, and income per month from all sources. Mrsi scale can be used for quick ses assessment as an equivalent to kuppuswamys scale, in the primary care outpatient department settings 1. The modified kuppuswamy scale is commonly used to measure ses in urban and periurban communities. A modification regarding the kuppuswamy socioeconomic scale. The most widely used scale for urban populations is kuppuswamys socioeconomic scale, which was devised by kuppuswamy in 1976. As kuppuswamys ses for the urban areas continues to enjoy respect among the public health professionals, an attempt is being made using the new base year of 2001 for cpiiw all india average consumer price index for industrial workers to update kuppuswamy scale as per cpiiw of november 2012 to facilitate the desire of public health workers. Some of the facets of the scale sometimes create confusion and require explanation on how to classify, and need some minor updates to bring the scale uptodate. This scale was devised by kuppuswamy in 1976 and consists of. The frequency of participants who identified the correct answers among various ses categories is as shown in table 2.
Socio eonomic status scale in india linkedin slideshare. Kuppuswamy scale is a composite score of education and occupation of the head of the family along with monthly income of the family, which yields a score of 3. Updated kuppuswamys socioeconomic scale for 2012 dudala. Fertility awareness and knowledge among indian women. Kuppuswamys socio economic status scale for the year 2014 1. The modified kuppuswamy socioeconomic scale 2018 was deployed to assess the socioeconomic status of participants, while the knowledge score of the participants was determined based on. Jcdr kuppuswamy scale, periodontium, socioeconomic status. It starts at number 0 where your breathing is causing you no difficulty at all and progresses through to number 10 where your breathing difficulty is maximal. The kuppuswamy scale was proposed by kuppuswamy in india in 1976. Persons per room criterion the number of persons in the household is divided by the number of rooms in the house.
An updated kuppuswamys socio economic classification for 2017. The scale was initially developed by kuppuswamy in the year 1976 including index. Table 1 the modified rankin scale description score no symptoms. The modified kuppuswamy scale is commonly used to measure ses in urban and rural areas.
Kuppuswamys socioeconomic status scale a revision kuppuswamys socioeconomic status scale a revision mishra, d singh, h. Socioeconomic status scalesmodified kuppuswamy and udai. In this paper, we have aimed at revising and providing an updated modified kuppuswamy ses for the year 2019. This scale classifies the study populations into high, middle, and low ses to get current income. Improvement in these possible lacunae is a priority area considering the wide use of the scale in published literature and in family health advisory. The most widely used scale for urban populations is kuppuswamy s socioeconomic scale, which was devised by kuppuswamy in 1976. The government of india in the national family health survey nfhs ii had used the standard of living index sli scale, which contains 11 items. However, the latest modification of kuppuswamys scale in context to nepal was. Kuppuswamys socioeconomic status scale is extensively used in urban population, for assessment of the ses 2. Modification of kuppuswamys socioeconomic status scale in the.
There is fast growing authorship and readership with jcdr as this can be judged by the number of articles published in it i e. May 2017 professionals for classification of the study population. The most widely used scale for urban population was devised by kuppuswamy in 1976. Sheikh mohd saleem abstract certificate download pdf journal doi. Modified b g prasad scale uses only monthly per capita income to derive the social class the person or family belongs to. Kuppuswamy s socioeconomic status scale is extensively used in urban population, for assessment of the ses 2. Ses classification by mrsi scale can be considered equivalent to kuppuswamys scale. At the same time, a free text of manuscript is available in html and pdf format.
Thus the kuppuswamys scale as presented by mishra and singh, 2003 was used in this present study with some modifications to fit the scale to measure the ses for the year 2014 onwards. Social researcher should include updated income criteria, 2012. Real time update of the kuppuswamys socioeconomic status scale. Socioeconomic status ses could be a live of economic and social science conditions of an individuals work expertise and of a personalitys or familys economic and social. Kuppuswamys classification is used which takes education, occupation, income into consideration. The total score is calculated by adding up all the three. Realtime update for the kuppuswamys socioeconomic status scale. It took three parameters into account, namely, education, occupation, and income of the individual it was modified to enable ses assessment of a family rather than an individual.
This scale considered the per capita income and was quoted by the authors to represent a more valid indicator of ses when compared with the original kuppuswamy scale. Kuppuswamy scale is a composite score of education and occupation of the head of the family along with monthly income of the family, which yields a score of 329. Updating income ranges for kuppuswamys socioeconomic. An infant a child under 12 months of age is not counted. Does the person have difficulty reading or writing, difficulty speaking or finding the right word. Could someone explain kuppusamys socioeconomic status scale. This article provides a revised scale that allows for the realtime update of the scale. Modified kuppuswamy socioeconomic scale updated for the year. The scale was initially developed by kuppuswamy in the year 1976 including index parameters like education, occupation, and total income which was further modified in later years to include head of families educational status, occupational status and overall aggregate income of the whole family, pooled from all sources. This scale was devised by kuppuswamy in 1976 and consists of a composite score which includes the education and occupation of the family head along with income per month of the family, which yields a score of 329. The kuppuswamy scale was devised by kuppuswamy in 1976 and is based on a composite score considering the education and occupation of the head of the family along with monthly income of the family, which yields a score. In the rural areas, the sli was compared with pareeks scale and prasad scale. Pdf kuppuswamy s socio economic status scale a revision.
However, the modified scale did not figure in the subsequent third and fourth editions of the textbook. Kuppuswamy classification pdf one of the scales widely used and quoted even today is the one developed by kuppuswamy. Kuppus wamy scale was developed for assessing the ses of an urban individual. The modified kuppuswamy scale is commonly used to measure ses in urban communities. Pdf modified kuppuswamy socioeconomic scale updated for. Modified borg dyspnoea scale pulmonary rehabilitation. At present, the modified rankin scale mrs is the most popular outcome measure table 1 and is an ordinal scale with 6 categories ranging from zero no symptoms to five complete physical dependence.
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