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. 2018 May 30;21(14):2575–2583. doi: 10.1017/S1368980018001301

Table 1.

Socio-economic status of the adult slum dwellers from Midnapore town, West Bengal, India, April 2015–March 2017

Males (n 493) Females (n 506)
Socio-economic variable/category n % n %
MPCI (INR)
250–1000 166 33·7 218 43·1
1001–1500 127 25·7 124 24·5
1501–2000 85 17·3 87 17·2
2001 or above 115 23·3 77 15·2
Education
Non-literate 113 22·9 243 48·0
Can sign only 10 2·2 4 0·8
Primary 126 25·6 117 23·1
Secondary 158 32·0 110 21·7
Higher secondary 47 9·5 21 4·2
Graduate or above 39 7·9 11 2·2
Occupation
Labourer 143 29·0 24 4·7
Rickshaw puller 40 8·1
Mason/wall painting 49 9·9
Bus/truck driver 31 6·3
Street hawker 15 3·0 3 0·6
Tailor/carpenter 9 1·8 4 0·8
Cook/housemaid 11 2·2 165 32·6
Small entrepreneur 72 14·6 20 4·0
Service 29 5·9 18 3·5
Student/unemployed/homemaker (females) 87 17·6 268 53·0
Retired 7 1·4 4 0·8

MCPI, monthly per capita income; INR, Indian rupees.