INDICATORS OF SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS (SES)
Hose hold monthly per capita expenditure (MPCE) quintile, education, and
social group of the cancer patient are the three SES indicators on which
mainly focused. Indian education system categorized the patients as
illiterate (no formal schooling), primary education or below (1-5
years), middle school or below (6-10years), secondary education (11-12
years ) and higher education (graduate school and above ). Social groups
were divided as scheduled tribes (ST), scheduled castes (SC), other
backward classes, and other castes. SC and ST groups were economically,
socially, and geographically deprived groups in India when compared to
other castes which are having better SES.[1]