Constructing practical and realistic asset-based socioeconomic status assessment scale using principal component analysis for urban population of Puducherry, India

Background: Socioeconomic status (SES) is a key determinant of health. However, ascertaining the SES in developing countries is really challenging. Hence, we decided to develop an asset-based simple and rational SES tool for urban population of Puducherry and compare it with Modified Kuppuswamy'...

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Main Authors: Vinayagamoorthy Venugopal, Amol R Dongre, Poomathy Ponnusamy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2021-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Community Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.ijcm.org.in/article.asp?issn=0970-0218;year=2021;volume=46;issue=3;spage=494;epage=498;aulast=Venugopal