How Does Socio-Economic Status Influences On the Health Seeking Behavior of the Rurals’ Today ? Few Stylized Facts

Abstract

The major aim of this paper is to find out the health seeking and health care seeking behavior of rural population with reference to their changing social and economic status. Health will be largely influenced by the social and cultural factors. Experts felt that Health can be more precisely viewed as an index of human adaptation to ‘micro-ecological niche’. It is generally found that level of education, occupation, income,  housing,  etc mainly leads to have a big gap in the health disparity and health inequality between different social groups in rural parts. This health inequality leads to have various effects on the family causing numerous health problems. Also experts felt health disparity is due to the material deprivation, socio-psychological effects etc.   This study has conducted done in south India using both qualitative and quantitative techniques. In India due to the social exclusion (class and caste) major sections of the society may not get equal health benefits.