DEVELOPMENT AND STANDARDIZATION OF SOCIAL CHANGE INDEX (SCI)

A. MUHAMMED IQSHANULLAH¹, REXLIN SELVIN²*, K. PRABAKARAN^3
1Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Sociology, Agricultural College and Research Institute, Madurai, 625104, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, 641 003, Tamil Nadu, India
²Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Sociology, Agricultural College and Research Institute, Madurai, 625104, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, 641 003, Tamil Nadu, India
³Department of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural College and Research Institute, Madurai, 625104, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, 641 003, India
* Corresponding Author : rexlinext@gmail.com

Received : 02-04-2019     Accepted : 12-04-2019     Published : 15-04-2019
Volume : 11     Issue : 7       Pages : 8216 - 8218
Int J Agr Sci 11.7 (2019):8216-8218

Keywords : Social change, Index, Quantification of Indicators, Rural women
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to Agricultural College and Research Institute, Madurai, 625104, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, 641 003, Tamil Nadu, India
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

An index is a composite measure of variables and also an accumulation of scores from a variety of individual items. It’s useful for representing a specific concept. This paper clearly explains the construction and standardization of index towards social change. For developing the index towards social change, social change indicators were identified and selected based on the score value of composite social change (CSC).The developed index can be used anywhere to measure the change and needs of rural women. It would be helpful for the policy makers and administrators for strengthening rural women.

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