Modification of Kuppuswamy's Socioeconomic Status Scale in the Context of Nepal, 2019.
Modification of Kuppuswamy's Socioeconomic Status Scale in the Context of Nepal, 2019.
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2019 年尼泊尔背景下库普斯瓦米社会经济地位量表的修订。
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2019
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K. Acharya
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S. Joshi;K. Acharya
评估个人和家庭的社会经济地位是公共卫生研究的一个重要方面。没有一个标准的量表来评估尼泊尔人口的社会经济地位。尼泊尔国家计划委员会制定了2018.1年度多维贫困指数，涉及健康、教育和生活水平等贫困的不同层面。上述维度有不同的指标，不同的剥夺分界值。尼泊尔拉斯特拉银行没有单独公布农村和城市地区的消费者价格指数，而是分别公布了加德满都山谷、特莱和丘陵地区的指数。德赖和丘陵地区既包括农村地区，也包括城市地区，而加德满都山谷只包括城市地区。MPI很好地概述了多层面的贫困指标，但没有解释社会经济状况。在印度，对SES的分类建议使用多种标尺。由于两国在许多社会经济特征上的相似之处，它们也在尼泊尔被使用。印度常用的社会经济学量表是Rahudkar(1960)、B G.Prasad(1961)、Udai Parikh(1964)、Jalota(1970)、Kulshrestha(1972)、Kuppuswamy(1976)、Sriastava(1978)和Bhardwaj(2001)。2-9其中，Kuppuswamy的量表通常用于尼泊尔，Kuppuswamy的三个方面是教育、户主职业和家庭月总收入。然而，Kuppuswamy对尼泊尔的最新一次量表修改是在2009.10年完成的，自那时以来，没有对该量表进行过修改，所有研究人员都必须使用十年前进行的修改。《尼泊尔宪法》(2015年)宣布该国为联邦民主共和国，有753个地方各级，其中293个(276个直辖市、11个次大都市和6个大都市)被归类为城市地区。按当前价格计算的人均国内生产总值的初步估计为NRS。103,335(1,004美元)2017/18.11自2009年以来，消费者价格指数出现了显著增长。因此，考虑到尼泊尔目前的国家价格指数，非常有必要修改这一比额表。我们在尼泊尔的情况下修改了1976年的Kuppuswamy量表(表1)，但教育和职业标准保持不变。我们已利用尼泊尔拉斯特拉银行提供的最新加德满都山谷国家消费物价指数(NCPI)更新了经济标准。12首先，以印度卢比(INR)表示的原始比例表中的家庭收入乘以1.6(INR 100=160 NR)转换为尼泊尔卢比，1976年NCPI(Kuppuswamy的比例表是1976年提出的)和NCPI 2018之间的换算系数已确定。编辑
Assessment of socioeconomic status (SES) of the individual and family is an important aspect of public health research. There is no standardized scale to assess the SES of the Nepalese population. The National Planning Commission of Nepal has developed a multidimensional poverty index (MPI) in 2018.1 MPI deals with the different dimensions of poverty such as health, education, and living standard. There are different indicators of the above-noted dimensions with the deprivation cut off values. Nepal Rastra Bank doesn’t publish consumer price index of rural and urban areas separately, instead, it publishes an index of Kathmandu Valley, Terai and hilly region separately. Terai and hilly regions consist of both rural and urban areas while Kathmandu valley consists of only urban areas. MPI gives a good overview of the multidimensional poverty indicators but does not explain the socioeconomic status. A number of scales are recommended for classifying SES in India. They are also being used in Nepal due to similarities in many socioeconomic characteristics between the two countries. Commonly used socioeconomic scales in India are Rahudkar (1960), B G. Prasad (1961), Udai Parikh (1964), Jalota (1970), Kulshrestha (1972), Kuppuswamy (1976), Srivastava (1978), and Bhardwaj (2001).2-9 Among them, Kuppuswamy’s scale is commonly used in the Nepalese context and the three aspects of Kuppuswamy’s scale are education, occupation of the head of the family, and total monthly family income. However, the latest modification of Kuppuswamy’s scale in context to Nepal was done in 2009.10 Since then, there has been no modification of that scale and all the researchers are obliged to use the modification that was done ten years back. The Constitution of Nepal (2015) has declared the country as the Federal Democratic Republic with 753 local levels out of which 293 (276 Municipalities, 11 Sub-metropolises, and 6 Metropolises) have been classified as urban areas. The preliminary estimate of GDP per capita at current price stands at NRs. 103,335 (US$ 1004) for the fiscal year 2017/18.11 There has been a significant growth in the consumer price index since 2009. It is very essential therefore to modify this scale, taking into account the current national price indices of Nepal. We have modified the Kuppuswamy scale from 1976 (Table 1) in the context of Nepal in which the educational and occupational criteria however remain the same. We have updated the economic criteria by using the latest national consumer price index of Kathmandu Valley (NCPI) provided by the Nepal Rastra Bank.12 Firstly, the family income stated in Indian rupees (INR) in original scale is converted to Nepalese rupees by multiplying with 1.6 (INR 100 = 160 NR) and the conversion factor between NCPI for 1976 (Kuppuswamy’s scale was proposed in 1976) and NCPI 2018 has been determined. Editorial