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Indian Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volume  10, Issue 2, July - December 2022, Pages 51-53
 

Original Article

Modified BG Prasad Classification of Socio-economic Status: An Important Tool for Researchers

Epari Ravi Kiran1, Karri Vijaya

1Professor & HOD, Department of Community Medicine, Gayatri Vidya Parishad Institute of Health Care & Medical Technology, Maridi Valley, Marikavalasa, Visakhapatnam 530048, Andhra Pradesh, India, 2Professor & HOD, NRI Institute of Medical Sciences, Bheemunipatnam, Sanghivalasa, Visakhapatnam 531162, Andhra Pradesh, India.

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DOI: DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/ijpm.2321.5917.10222.2

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.


Keywords : BG Prasad Socio-economic status scale; All India Average Consumer Price Index; Per capital monthly income.
Corresponding Author : Epari Ravi Kiran, Professor & HOD, Department of Community Medicine, Gayatri Vidya Parishad Institute of Health Care & Medical Technology, Visakhapatnam-530048, Andhra Pradesh, India