Open AccessA critical appraisal of kuppuswamy′s socioeconomic status scale in the present scenario
Author(s) -
Rahul Sharma,
Narinder Kumar Saini
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/2249-4863.130248
Subject(s) - socioeconomic status , medicine , scale (ratio) , critical appraisal , population , environmental health , demography , alternative medicine , pathology , geography , cartography , sociology
The socioeconomic status (SES) is widely recognized as one of the important factors affecting the health condition of an individual or a family. One of the scales widely used and quoted even today is the one developed by Kuppuswamy. The Kuppuswamy scale in its various forms has held steady over three decades now and is still widely used as a measure of socioeconomic status in the urban population. However, it is important to discuss the applicability in the changed modern scenario.