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Indian Journal of Preventive Medicine 10(2):p 51-53, July - December 2022. | DOI: https://doi.org/10.21088/ijpm.2321.5917.10222.2
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Modified BG Prasad Classification of Socio-economic Status: An Important Tool for Researchers
Epari Ravi Kiran, Karri Vijaya
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Indian Journal of Preventive Medicine 10(2):p 51-53, July - December 2022. | DOI: https://doi.org/10.21088/ijpm.2321.5917.10222.2
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Epari Ravi Kiran, Karri Vijaya/Modified BG Prasad Classification of Socio-economic Status: An Important Tool for Researchers/ Indian J Prev Med. 2022;10(2):51-53.Timeline
Received : July 18, 2022
Accepted : August 22, 2022
Published : December 30, 2022
Abstract
In India many of the researchers commonly use BG Prasad’s Classification of Socio-Economic Status (SES) scale in the process of doing a project, dissertation and even for publishing their work in a journal. As it is an income based scale it needs to be constantly updated taking into consideration the inflation and depreciation of the sovereign currency. Prasad’s socio-economic status scales measures socioeconomic status of people of both rural and urban community based on the per capita monthly income of the family. The All India Average Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers (CPI-IW) is used to calculate the revised updated categories of income for September 2022.
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Epari Ravi Kiran, Karri Vijaya/Modified BG Prasad Classification of Socio-economic Status: An Important Tool for Researchers/ Indian J Prev Med. 2022;10(2):51-53.
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.21088/ijpm.2321.5917.10222.2
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