Table 1.
Modified Kuppuswamy scale (update for February 2019)
| Education of head of family | Score | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Professional degree | 7 | ||
| Graduate or postgraduate | 6 | ||
| Intermediate or post high school diploma | 5 | ||
| High school certificate | 4 | ||
| Middle school certificate | 3 | ||
| Primary school certificate | 2 | ||
| Illiterate | 1 | ||
| Occupation of head of family | |||
| Professional (white collar) | 10 | ||
| Semi-professional | 6 | ||
| Clerical, shop-owner/farm | 5 | ||
| Skilled worker | 4 | ||
| Semi-skilled worker | 3 | ||
| Unskilled worker | 2 | ||
| Unemployed | 1 | ||
| Monthly income of family | |||
| In 2001 (Base year) | In 2017 (January 2017 CPI) | In 2019 (February 2019 CPI) | Score |
| ≥15,197 | ≥41,430 | ≥52,734 | 12 |
| 7,595-15,196 | 20,715-41,429 | 26,355-52,733 | 10 |
| 5,694-7,594 | 15,536-20,714 | 19,759-26,354 | 6 |
| 3,793-5,693 | 10,357-15,535 | 13,161-19,758 | 4 |
| 2,273-3,792 | 6,214-10,356 | 7,887-13,160 | 3 |
| 761-2,272 | 2,092-6,213 | 2,641-7,886 | 2 |
| ≤760 | ≤2,091 | ≤2,640 | 1 |
| Socioeconomic class | Total score | ||
| I | Upper | 26-29 | |
| II | Upper middle | 16-25 | |
| III | Lower middle | 11-15 | |
| IV | Upper lower | 5-10 | |
| V | Lower | 01-04 | |