Majumder Suranjan
Geography and Applied Geography, University of North Bengal, Darjeeling, West Bengal, India.
J Family Med Prim Care. 2021 Nov;10(11):3964-3967. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_600_21. Epub 2021 Nov 29.
Socioeconomic status (SES) is a critical measure that helps to correlate well-being and social status. SES plays a significant role in determining an individual's quality of life, health, social position, and class. The widely accepted SES scales are the Kuppuswamy scale, BG Prasad scale, and Udai Pareekh scale. The income range is revised by using an online dedicated tool for this purpose. The scale is based on the income domain to decide the SES, which needs to be revised regularly based on the Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers (CPI-IW). The study is the revised income range of the Kuppuswamy scale and BG Prasad scale as per the CPI-IW January 2021. However, all three scales have a few limitations and are not applicable to both the rural and urban areas at the same time.
社会经济地位（SES）是一项关键指标，有助于关联幸福程度和社会地位。SES在决定个人生活质量、健康状况、社会地位和阶层方面发挥着重要作用。广泛认可的SES量表有库普苏瓦米量表、BG普拉萨德量表和乌代·帕雷克量表。为此使用在线专用工具对收入范围进行修订。该量表基于收入领域来确定SES，需要根据产业工人消费价格指数（CPI-IW）定期进行修订。本研究是根据2021年1月的CPI-IW对库普苏瓦米量表和BG普拉萨德量表的收入范围进行的修订。然而，所有这三种量表都有一些局限性，不能同时适用于农村和城市地区。
