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. 2023 Aug 8;14(8):2676. doi: 10.4081/jphia.2023.2676

Table 2.

Evaluation of the social and financial standing.

Item Gender Score Male Female Description
Occupation of Father (Double) 25 25 High professional & managerial jobs as doctors, engineers, professors, large employers, directors of business, land owners
17 17 Lower professionals, skilled and semiskilled workers as school, teacher, clerical workers, owners of small business, military men, policemen.
9 9 Unskilled workers as laborers, farmers casual workers, unemployed and retired.
Level of Edu. (Double) 0 0 Illiterate
5 5 Read & write
10 10 Primary graduate
15 15 intermediate graduate
20 20 Secondary graduate
25 25 College graduate
Crowding index (Single) 25 -2 (up to)
17 - 4 (up to )
9 ≥ 5
Property (Single) 25 House is rented, with or without a car and most of the household assets
9 House is shared, with other family, no car and some of the household assets
Crowding index = (No. of family members /No. of rooms); Except bath & kitchen rooms
For double
High: 121–150; Mod.: 90-120; Low: 89 - & less. (Tiwari, 2005)
For single
High: 81–100; Mod.: 60-80; Low: 59- & less. (Al-Naqeeb, 2009)