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Table 2 Different category of available indices found in the scoping review

From: Use of indices to measure socio-economic status (SES) in South-Asian urban health studies: a scoping review

Measurement indices (ingredients used)

Name of the indices

Frequency (n = 265)

Percentage

Asset-based wealth index (using PCA & FA methods)

Wealth index (WI)

109

142 (54%)

Standard living index

20

Socio-economic status (SES)

5

Economic status

4

Living condition

1

Living index

1

Poverty score

1

SES by factor analysis

1

Wealth index combining education

Modified Kuppuswami classification

10

21 (8%)

Socioeconomic status scale

3

Socioeconomic index

2

Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI)

2

Unsatisfied basic needs (UBN)

2

Social Gradient Score

1

Kutty’s classification

1

Indices based on income and expenditure

Income

77

80 (30%)

Modified BG Prasad classification

2

Expenditure

1

Indices bases on occupation and education

Types of school

8

16 (6%)

Social status index

2

Occupation

2

Occupation and education

1

Occupation, education, household utility

1

Socio-economic class

1

Socioeconomic status based on education, Occupation and SE scale

1

Indices without any description

Used indices without description and reference

6

6 (2%)