Kuppuswamy

Urban families

Class –

Education

Occupation

Family income ₹

CPI month

CPI-IW

Household ID

About

Education and occupation of the head of the family, income of the whole family. Total 3 to 29.

I 26–29 · II 16–25 · III 11–15 · IV 5–10 · V below 5

New limit = 1976 limit × CPI-IW ×

The constant reproduces the January 2024 table of Ahmad et al.; the paper prints it rounded as 0.2073.

Kuppuswamy B. Manual of socioeconomic status (urban). 1981. · Ahmad A, Faizi N, Siddiqui NA. Indian J Community Health. 2024;36(4):598–603.