SOCIOECONOMIC SCORING IN AN URBAN AREA OF A DEVELOPING-COUNTRY

  • 1 January 1976
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 53  (4) , 476-479
Abstract
A group of variables that might define life-style was selected and a questionnaire based on these was distributed to the families of 2350 schoolchildren in Accra, Ghana to determine the presence or absence of these variables. Analysis of the replies revealed a set of answers that formed a related group. A scoring system was developed in which rarer attributes were weighted, and the community was graded by socioeconomic status on a 10-point scale. Principles for developing questionnaires applicable to other types of community were defined.