Contains the info on Pareek scale used in cenus for measuring the socio economic status

1. UDAY PAREEK
SCALE
Group B
Socio-economic status and Health

2. Pareek’s scale (Tables 1 and 2) was developed by Uday Pareek
for calculating and examine the socio-economic status (SES) for
rural population.
Uday Pareek and G Trivedi (1964) attempted to examine the SES
for the rural or mixed population only.
Scale consists of a manual and one information bank
This scale does not emphasize the economic aspect and can only be
used for rural subjects. The reliability of the scale was found to be
very high(r = 0.93).
It consists of nine factors –
1) Caste
2) occupation of the HOF
3) education of the HOF
4) level of social participation of the HOF
5) Landholding
6) Housing
7) farm power (animals)
8) material possession
9) type of family.

3. Each of these components are given scores and by summing up all
the components the SES can be determined and catagorized ino
several classes viz:
I. Upper
II. Upper middle
III. Lower middle
IV. Upper lower
V. Lower lower
After filling the information and scoring the individuals items, the
total score is summed up and then interprete in terms of the class.

4. SCORING CRITERIA

5. CASTE

6. OCCUPATION

7. EDUCATION

8. SOCIAL
PARTICIPATION

9. LANDHOLDING

10. HOUSING

11. FARM POWER

12. MATERIAL
POSSESSION

13. NO. OF FAMILY
MEMBERS

14. Scores ranges from a maximum value of 49 to minimum value of 3
The total score is graded into five SES categories:

15. ADVANTAGES
Income may be concealed and it may not be easy to determine
The scale is very easy to sue
To determine the level of poverty, these criteria can be adopted to
classify the family as below poverty line (BPL) or above poverty line
(APL).

16. DISADVANTAGES
The use is only restricted to rural population
Contains too many components that are difficult to access.

17. BIBLIOGRAPHY
Suryakantha Community medicine
K Park’s PSM
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