SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS SCALE-MODIFIED KUPPUSWAMY SCALE FOR THE YEAR 2022

Abstract

Socioeconomic status is one of the most essential indicators to evaluate the health status and nutritional status of a family. Many composite indexes have been proposed. Few international scales are Hollingshead scale, Nakao and Treas scale, Blishen, Carroll, and Moore scale, In India, the scales can be categorised into those scales applicable in rural, urban or both. The various scales are Rahudkar scale, B. G Prasad scale, Udai Parikh scale, Jalota scale, Kuppuswamy scale, Gaur classification and Bhardwaj scale for children, SC Tiwari and Amrish Kumar and Agarwal scale. Updated modified Kuppuswamy scales is the most commonly and widely socioeconomic status scale in India in urban settings. But due to rapidly growing economic rate, the available scales have been ineffective. Therefore, in this review article the Kuppuswamy scale has been updated for the year 2022.