Abstract
The low socioeconomical level is stratified with the purpose of detecting the most vulnerable sectors in the population. The Graffar clasification was used in a modified manner which contemplated the variables: education, activity and housing (sub-index); and a finer measurement which added: family group, fatherless, home and the variables on housing considered individually. The sample was constituted by 85 families: 42 with deep malnourished infant (experimental group) entered into a CONIN Recuperation Center, and 43 with healthy infant (control group). The Graffar clasification was found to be non-discriminating concerning this low socio-economical level but the especific measuring rendered as a result group signigicantly different. The health and socio-cultural variables which underwent study are correlated to the specific socio-economical level: pregnancy control, duration of the mother's lactation period, knowledge on the child's development, and use of popular medicire. The experimental group showed significantly high differences in the same variables. These results indicate that, in order to detect the most vulnerable sectors of the population, specific and finer measurements must be put into practice, and assistential programs could be designed for those groups.
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