Measuring Poverty in Southern India: A Comparison of Socio-Economic Scales Evaluated against Childhood Stunting.

Measuring Poverty in Southern India: A Comparison of Socio-Economic Scales Evaluated against Childhood Stunting.

Socioeconomic status (SES) scales measure poverty, wealth and economic inequality in a population to guide appropriate economic and public health policies. Measurement of poverty and comparison of material deprivation across nations is a challenge. This study compared four SES scales which have been...

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Main Authors: Deepthi Kattula, Srinivasan Venugopal, Vasanthakumar Velusamy, Rajiv Sarkar, Victoria Jiang, Mahasampath Gowri S, Ankita Henry, Jordanna Devi Deosaran, Jayaprakash Muliyil, Gagandeep Kang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4973914?pdf=render

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