DETERMINATION OF SES OF A FAMILY IN A RURAL AREA (the Uday Pareekh Scale)
“Pareek’s scale” (Tables 1 and 2) was developed by Pareek for calculating the SES of a family in a rural area. It consists of nine items—caste, occupation of the HOF, education of the HOF, level of social participation of the HOF, landholding, housing, farm power (animals), material possession, and type of family.
Table 1:Pareek’s Scale for a Rural Area
Scoring is done as per Table 2
Table 2: Scoring for Pareek’s Scale
References:
Pareek U, Trivedi G. Manual of Socio-Economic Status Scale (rural). New Delhi: Manasayan Publishers;
1995.
Poornima Tiwari, Shashank Tiwari. Chapter 13, In: Mastering Practicals in Community Medicine. 2nd ed. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, New Delhi
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