Maureen S. Durkin|Sheikh Nazrul Islam|Zaki Hasan|Sharmin Zaman
Measures of socioeconomic status for child health research: Comparative results from Bangladesh and Pakistan
Columbia University|University of Dhaka|Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Center|University of Dhaka
paper examines reliability validity several hypothesized indicators socioeconomic status use epidemiologic research particularly studies child health less developed world populationbased surveys child health disability completed bangladesh pakistan using standard questionnaires designed measure four domains household socioeconomic status wealth housing parental education occupation testretest data indicate moderate excellent reliability socioeconomic indicators countries loadings factor analyses survey data provide evidence reliability data confirm questionnaire measures housing wealth distinct domains countries parental education occupation correlated housing andor wealth data sets bivariate logistic regression analyses show although 11 12 dichotomous indicators low socioeconomic status constructed data predictive child death least one four subpopulations studied rural urban bangladesh rural urban areas karachi pakistan single indicator predictive child death four subpopulations along multivariate results demonstrate importance including multiple measures distinct domains research aims include investigation andor control effects socioeconomic status health diverse populations